Take me to the stars
Take me to the stars is a photo that depicted the immortality of the soul according to the folklore and mythology of Native American cultures. The soul would travel to heaven and become a new star in the night sky. The project '' Take me to the stars '' also 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 plastic pipe base depicted the modern world with in a minimalism way. The project '' Take me to the stars '' is a combination of macro, smoking photography and then processing at the computer, using multiple levels and photographs.
Athanasios P. Athanasiou, Cyprus, NICOSIA