Olymp
Photographic essays with the sixteen gods of the Greek pantheon, where all the props (clothing, requirements and animals) are made of newspaper.
To emphasize the modernity of these original Greek deities, I appear within the photos, making them look like an advertising campaign. Photos should be printed on canvas when making an exhibition. I am currently looking for a Greco-Roman art museum that wants to present my project.
„…made of newspaper.“: „The gods are shown in statuary manner with a white background, and in action with a black background.“
Zeus / Jupiter
King of the gods
Hera / Juno
Queen of the gods
Poseidon / Neptune
God of the sea
Hestia / Vesta
Virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and chastity
Apollon / Apollo
God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, and archery
Hephaistos
God of fire, metalworking, and crafts
Aphrodite / Venus
Goddess of beauty, love, desire, and pleasure
Ares / Mars
God of war, bloodshed, and violence
Dionysos / Bacchus
God of wine, fruitfulness, parties, festivals, madness, chaos, drunkenness, vegetation, ecstasy, and the theater
Hermes / Mercury
God of boundaries, travel, communication, trade, language, thieves and writing.
Artemis / Diana
Goddess of the hunt, wild animals, fertility and the Moon.
Demeter / Ceres
Goddess of the harvest, grain, and fertility.
Heracles / Hercules
The greatest of the Greek heroes, renowned for his great strength and especially for performing twelve labours