Gregoris Mentzas
Nightscapes (Series)
DESCRIPTION
Long exposures at night create rich, deep shadows and surreal, dreamy landscapes. These are images that the human eye is incapable of seeing and cannot predict. They can be dramatic and even a bit theatrical.
As Brassaï, the first master of night photography, has put it: “Night does not show things, it suggests them. It disturbs and surprises us with its strangeness. It liberates forces within us which are dominated by our reason during the daytime.”
AUTHOR
Gregoris Mentzas leads a double life as an academic professor at the uiversity and a fine art photographer. He has attended a two-year course at a photography school, a one-year seminar on cinematography and film directing and participated in many photography seminars. His work focuses on the concepts of time and decay, tranquility and silence. He strives to capture serenity and encapsulate the ephemeral quality of calmness. He has participated in many group exhibitions and won multiple awards in fine art photography contests like the IPA International Photography Awards, the Px3 Prix de la Photographie, the Moscow Fine Art Foto Awards and the FAPA Fine Art Photography Awards, among others.
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