TITLE : A LONG SATURDAY
SERIES
AUTHOR : YANNIS ZINDRILIS
“The concept of “A Long Saturday” as formulated by George Steiner is inspired by the New Testament’s narrative of Friday – Saturday – Sunday.
Specifically, it refers to the death of Christ on Friday, when darkness spread over the earth and the Temple veil was torn in two. This is followed by the uncertainty of Saturday, where nothing happens, nothing moves, and finally, the Resurrection on Sunday.
Metaphorically, this narrative structure serves as a social commentary for the present age. In the intermediate transitional space that Steiner calls “Long Saturday,” there is an awareness of destruction as well as an expectation like an undercurrent current of hope.
Under this condition, individuals embark on a journey of introspection, reassessing their core principles, shedding their pre-existing selves, and embarking on a quest to forge fresh identities.
The photographic series “A Long Saturday” consists mainly of staged portraits of individuals in outdoor spaces, as well as landscape photographs without human presence.
The photos are inspired by the atmosphere that Steiner attributes to the Long Saturday.
They capture people standing still and awkward at crossroads, in barren landscapes, and in inhospitable environments where traffic signs emphasize prohibitions and the difficulty of defining and harmonizing with the surrounding place.
Each person photographed is a flâneur which is constituted through the representation.
Without a defined identity, they are a “hidden” person who has not yet been discovered.”
About Yanis Zindrilis
Yannis Zindrilis was born in Ioannina in 1982. He is a graduate of the Department of Topography, the Department of Photography, and Audiovisual Arts of the University of Western Attica. He completed his postgraduate studies in the program “Photography: Research and Methodology” at the University of Western Attica. He has attended seminars on “Topics and Theory of Visual Arts and Photography” and “Regarding Landscape: Images, Emotions, Politics” at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
He participated with the series “Vague Landscapes” at the Athens Photo Festival in 2016, as part of the exhibition “Young Greek Photographers.” His photographic work “Greek Homeless National Team” was exhibited at the Helsinki Photo Festival in 2023 and was recognized as one of the ten most popular. In the same year, his latest personal project “A Long Saturday” was presented at the Photobiennale Thessaloniki.
Photographs from the series “A Long Saturday” are part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Photography in Thessaloniki. He has collaborated with newspapers and magazines. Since May 2020, he has been teaching photography classes at the Hellenic Anticancer Society. He lives and works in Athens as a freelance photographer.
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