TOKYO-2016

Mashia

  • Photographer
    Athanasios P. Athanasiou

The project '' Mashia '' presents Pipe as ''symbol'' through time and the transformation of smoke in different dreams. The use of tobacco and Pipe as smoking instrument in the centuries and by different people and cultures, revives genetic memories through the legends and traditions, resulting in a trip to a different '' worlds ''. The project '' Mashia '' is a combination of macro, smoking photography and then processing at the computer, using multiple levels and photographs.

Born in Nicosia, in 1975. He studies in the field of fine arts with the study of Conservation of Works of Art and Painting in Athens.The last 15 years, he performs duties of a major photographer of the Department of Antiquities of the Cyprus Archeological Museum. During the years, he collaborated with several professors, academics, archaeologists, etc., and photos of his work can be found in several books, articles and announcements of archaeological content, both in Cypriot and international bibliography. He is a member of the CPS since 2011. FIAP gave him the title of AFIAP (Artist FIAP).