‘Anicca’ is the Buddhist notion that all of existence is in a constant state of flux and impermanence. The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus also expressed this in his famous aphorisms:
“All entities move and nothing remains still,
You cannot step twice into the same river.”
I feel that long exposure and fine art photography is a fitting and creative way to contemplate on this existential condition that can be both suffering and liberating. Anywhere we turn our camera/attention at – landscapes, waterscapes, cityscapes, terrain vague, urban/rural life – becomes a canvas of cultivated awareness, sometimes joyfully ecstatic, others overwhelmingly tragic, but guiding us to move forward with never ending integrality, always partial, already whole.
cluster of life
north Italy
flame
lake doxa, greece
veil of samsara
valtournenche, italy
santa caterina del sasso
lake maggiore, italy
shining through I
patra harbor, greece
terrain vague III
patra harbor, greece
rethymno harbor, greece
terrain vague II
ferry dock Aigion, greece
shining through II
psathopyrgos, greece
shining through III
rio, patra
making ends meet
psathopyrgos, greece
off season
selianitika, greece
anicca
lake varese, italy
youth playgrounds
diakofto, greece
on the rocks I
diakofto, greece
le jardin de roches
crete, greece
on the rocks III
diakofto, greece
the space between us
bouka, greece
walkabout
lake lugano, switzerland
terrain vague I,
selianitika, greece
mafjar wreck
north qatar
enso games
patra, greece
Images shot and edited by Pygmalion Karatzas.
A selection of these images and more can be found in the 2014 agenda:
and in the photobook:
