MIRROR MIRROR

Kosmas Pavlidis’s monograph Sunny Days / A True Story (2025) centres on derelict objects and traces of the human made across deserted stretches of Northern Greece. The photos are repetitive in composition but unpredictable in content: carefully constructed portraits of the area’s “hermits” and “runaways” against white boards are followed by images of tourist attractions haphazardly left behind. This exploration of an abandoned road once integral to Pavladis’s childhood summers evokes moods of intrigue and delirium. What is staged and what is not? How did such a reality come to be? Perhaps a nod to nostalgia or simply a reflection on the passage of time, Sunny Days / A True Story invites the viewer to question the certainty of place. .

Claire Ducharme

Images courtesy of Kosmas Pavlidis