
OVER.STATE
- Publisher
- BLOW UP PRESS
- Year
- 2019
- ISBN
- 978-8395284038
- Specifications
- Soft cover
Photographs by Ilias Georgiadis
Book design by Aneta Kowalczyk
First monograph
Gold Winner at International Photography Awards (Book/Fine Art), Special Mention at Maribor Photobook Award
Silver Winner at Moscow International Foto Awards (Book/Fine Art), Bronze at TIFA
A story of a young and lost person trying to feel free and find love. An emotional exploration of the human condition. An effort to understand how we express freedom, intimacy, closeness; how we seek true connection with the inner self and the other. As Ilias Georgiadis writes: 'For me, photography is the missing dot that connects what is deep inside us and we cannot understand or describe, with the world. A connection that transcends and moves through space-time, in unpredictable, mysterious and non-linear ways. A link between reality and love. I believe we take pictures because our inner self wants to reconnect with the cosmos. We want to feel close to people, places, objects and as the time goes by, we recognise in them a part of ourselves. With photography, we reveal ourselves to the unknown, while preserving a link to the real. This work depicts my innermost states of fear, desire, affection. Standing between life and death.' Adam Cohen calls the work 'forceful and courageous, raw in its technique, unflinching in its intimacy… but essentially I believe it's made with and is about, love'. Lorenzo Castore writes: 'In his beautiful debut book, Ilias tells us where he stands, who he is today. He shows vulnerability, mistakes, imperfections, an anxious need of being recognised, seen, loved.'