The work Stigma by Spiro Stergiou, is a designed narrative of a healing process using a 0.10 rapidograph on paper. The stippling technique that is used to imprint his subject, brings to mind analogue photography, since the black and white film records tonalities through grain density. For the artist, the repetition of the exact same movement that is required by the stippling technique is a way to be present, as he simply concentrates on the rhythm of his hand, while the dots multiply.
Spiro Stergiou is a photographer based in Athens. He takes pictures that feel like seeing; just like when people write, they tend to use a different language than the language they use in oral communication. There is a subtle difference between a still reality and his photographs. Although sometimes his work can be described as impressionistic, capturing the actual sensation of light itself in a photograph, Stergiou often uses narrative and personal experience or memories to launch his investigation of what happens in front of the lens. With the manipulation of lighting, Stergiou depicts the mood and evokes feelings from the one viewing his photos. His compositions are noted for their use of silence and their “near mysticism” that are nonetheless fully engaged in life and memory.
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