Last Updated on April 13, 2025 by Michael Motha
What is special about Greece? What is the ethos of this country? What lies beneath the Greek Summer and the stereotypical misconceptions?
This is a small chapel I came across on August 2021, in the middle of nowhere, on the south coast of Crete, as our ferry was passing by. I barely had time to raise my then Minolta x-700 with an MD 50mm f/1.7 lens and take one shot on Ilford FP4+.
It had absolutely no access by road or sea, no settlements for kilometers and just stood in there, alone, white, under the scorching sun in this harsh, deserted slope, overlooking the Cretan Sea and Libya beyond the horizon.
Who built there and why? The answer on this question for me is the same one that answers all the initials questions, even if I can’t formalize it in words…
Have a look in my instagram account, you might other stories imprinted in B&W film.
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