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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

Pan / Faun

Pan is the god of nature, who watches over shepherds and their flocks.

Still in progress...

Athene / Minerva

Persephone / Proserpina

Hades / Pluto