It’s hard to bring something new to the photography table, but Crete-born twenty-three year old George Christakis seems adamant about proving his inventiveness. Christakis delivers a spectacular collection of digitally manipulated photographs, which lead us to believe that he is much of a modern-day Surrealist. He is so technically skilled at what he does that his productions are entirely seamless: you can’t tell where the actual, initial photo ends and Christakis’ imagination begins. He shows us women teetering on the edge of skyscrapers, people floating about under bridges in umbrellas, men who fly trees much like they’re kites… There is no limit to his creative conceptualization, and we’re awfully happy that’s the case.
In terms of the color range that Christakis uses in his photography, he either chooses black-and-white, and seems very comfortable to be working in monochrome, or creates a cinematic atmosphere by making use of muted colors – either in dark urban settings or at the heart of an unwelcoming forest. There is something clearly mesmerizing about his work, and the viewer is definitely up for being surprised, over and over again, to the point where they reach the end of the series and are left wanting more. We, for one thing, definitely want to see more of Christakis’ work and hope to be immersed once more in his parallel universe as soon as possible.
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