Panayis Chrysovergis

My Dear Strati,

In the dark I thought I saw.... I wasn’t sure what I saw... could it really be a small river formation... or a tree... water veins or tree branches to an origin just like the human mind... the Self through time, space and experience... every branch a meaning... a run off from the general... a personal journey and an artefact embedded in the memory of our unconscious sands... building blocks of what and who we really are... an amalgamation of stored joy, pain, fear, angst, needs and desires... secret chambers of unrestricted unfiltered selves... that never make it to the ocean... and here the remaining stagnant waters with a now outward flow... civilisation keeps these small pools at a standstill... collections... only to make the water undrinkable.... what I see is a river and a tree... and I allow the flowing to the ocean as my own catharsis... my world is not affixed but an ebb and flow... between us all.... so in the dark I see what I must.... I trust my vision… not as much… and my certainty even less... I see more than just the image... I see all of myself

I love you,

Your dad.

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Panayis Chrysovergis is a Greek photographer based in London. Through his photographic practice is exploring natural, man-made and dystopian landscapes.

I would like to dedicate this work to my son Stratis, who has been away from me since last summer.

During this time, the seaside became a place of freedom and relaxation for me. This dystopian land where time and space becomes one.

My intention is to reach the core of landscapes, outside their geographical coordinates, not as a pictorial composition of the elements but as my personal visual journey that is out of scale, time and space.

An escape from the strain of everyday life found in the simplicity of repeated rhythms, like a heartbeat. In the contrast between the wet unmoving sand and the waves in constant motion, I come to feel the greater play of human symbolism. The constant element of myself along with the ever-changing dynamic part, the soul, that seeks to journey into light and dark places, draw the lines of my mental cartographies.

This alternative approach aims to give a different understanding and experience of the natural landscape and to open a path to view our habitat from inside out but at the same time to digest that there is no such thing as linear time.

This is a window to deeper experience.