September-October 2008

Fragmented Light

Fragmented Light consists of original photographic material of Kerameikos, an ancient cemetery in Athens, Greece, printed as platinum palladium prints. Vandorou uses an eclectic mix of photographic techniques spanning three centuries of photography to create a series of images that convey a sense of time passing, the brevity of life, and the fragility of both. All the images are taken with a medium format camera using black and white film, followed by a digital process to enlarge the negatives. The images are contact printed as Platinotypes on a rare, handmade paper made from the fibers of the Gampi bush found only in the wild, mountainous regions of Japan. The effect is a monochromatic, translucent image on a delicate paper that reflects the feeling of the images themselves: ephemeral, delicate and precious.

Visit Vandorou’s website at www.marovandorou.com.