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Absence

John Voulgarakis

With the cooperation of the National Bank Cultural Foundation (M.I.E.T.) - Cultural Centre of Thessaloniki 

1 -  October 24

*absence, (noun); the time during which a person or thing is not where he/it should or could be; the non-existence, the lack of.

"When I'm not here, does the world still exist?" How much does the human absence or presence affect the space? Are we really changing objects around us? And when we're gone, do they keep something from us?

Questions almost metaphysical; impossible answers. Reading the photos through the aspect of whether we put our mark to objects and spaces we leave behind.

Reading in search of "present--absent".

John Voulgarakis lives in Athens Greece .

He studied graphic arts and photography and has obtained a bachelor degree from Greek Open University on the subject of «Greek Culture».

He works as a professional photographer since 1997.

Currently he is collaborating with National Hellenic Research Foundation (N.H.R.F.) and National Documentation Center (N.D.C.) on a production of digital photographic replicas of tetstimonies («PANDEKTIS»- Digital Thesaurus of Primary Sources for Greek History and Culture). Moreover he works on digital photographic process and he teaches digital photography courses in several institutes.

His work has been exposed on several collective and personal exhibitions.