Modern Temples

Published by A Shoal of Mackerel 2013
ISBN 978-91-979523-6-1

The book consists of text written by Hans Lyngsgaard and Mari Lagerquist’s ten photos, which are perforated at the spine, allowing them to be taken out, displayed, or, with a stamp, to be passed on.

Printed with the support of Stiftelsen Längmanska Kulturfonden

The photographs in this book were made in the autumn of 2011, a time during which Greece experienced demonstrations and riots due to economic austerity measures. In the images there is no sign of disturbance but rather a permeating peace, and an autumnal mood is descending as the tourists are leaving the island. Abandoned or halted building projects are common in the area, often due to tax benefits, but simultaneously they become a symbol of the dream that never came true. Dreams of a large house by the sea, a summer palace, one’s own temple in the countryside, about expansion and economic invulnerability. Dreams that are not specific to the small island of Lefkada or the country Greece.