Your name
Spiros Zervoudakis
Place of birth
Athens - Greece
Place where you live now
Chanis - Greece
3 words to describe you
Chaotic, persistent, dreamer
Why do you take pictures?
Because I want to create my own special universe.
Where do you get your inspiration?
For my projects, I usually start from anything that is familiar to me. I grew up reading Greek Mythology. Anthropomorphous gods defined the natural phenomena and human fate. Nowadays, humans have taken the place of their gods. They can change their fate as long as they change the way they manage natural resources. And they should definitely give up on the insolent behavior of the world proprietor.
Who are your influences?
Aesthetically I was affected by films presenting a dystopic future and by equivalent photographic projects –like the works of Alejandro Chaskielberg, Carlos Ayesta and Guillaume Bression.
What determines the subject matter you choose?
My last project questions the impact of humanity on the planet, drawing inspiration from mythology, ecology and discovery.
What impact would you like your art to have?
Certainly I’d like the viewer to comprehend my language and find it interesting. But mostly, I’d expect they feel an ethical agony and the need to act.
What artwork do you never get bored with?
Robert Frank, Nick Cave and Christopher Nolan.
Is there anything you want to add?
No

Terra Incognita
Project statement

Approximately 200 thousand years ago, mankind was an insignificant biological species lost in some corner of Africa. Myth was the first form of worldview. In the primitive universe of our forefathers, anthropomorphic gods determine the natural phenomena but also the fate of the people. Several centuries later, science removed the mythical "cosmogony". Man adapted the environment to his needs and used his unique ability to live against all the other living beings who live on “his planet”.
Today, he is dominant on the planet, but also possibly the first species to record their disappearance.

*Terra incognita is a term used in cartography for regions that have not been mapped or documented.

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