[CR] City of Ghosts, handcut collages.

in #ntopaz6 years ago (edited)

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City of Ghosts is a handcut collage series inspired by my hometown Thessaloniki. It was founded in 315 BC by Cassander of Macedon. An important metropolis by the Roman period, Thessaloniki was the second largest and wealthiest city of the Byzantine Empire. It was conquered by the Ottomans in 1430, and passed from the Ottoman Empire to Greece on November 8, 1912. Ever since it became a multicultural city where Jewish Ottoman Franks and Greeks lived in harmony. You can still see the marks of these different cultures like ghosts from far past in a modern city.

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This feeling i tried to recreate in this collage series. All of the photos are taken from the city's archive and are from the 20's 30's and 40's era and the size of the artworks is 50/35cm.

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It is an interesting collage, especially since this one is inspired by your home town :).

It was a nice project, i am happy that we have a big archive of old photographs and quite a rich history:)

You always have great concepts in your amazing artwork @georgeboya


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I am really happy that you find them great @livvu and thank you very much for the support:)


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These are fantastic @georgeboya, the emphasis on human presence and how it integrates with the architectural forms really tell a story...
Beautiful work!

I am happy that you like them:) The photos are from the city archives, they have a big collection so it was not vey difficult to find interesting ones:)
Moreover the city has a rich a history full of tales:)

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Thank you for the support:)

I saw this without reading your text and then I read the text after, and it really fits the title very well, @georgeboya :) Lovely piece <3

Thank you so much for the attention @veryspider 😊😊

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