There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by sword. The other is by debt. – John Adams

Hidden behind the gray shades of the current financial and political situation in Greece, the words that marks today and tomorrow is the confusion and disorientation.
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In May 2010, when Greece’s first bailout was approved and the austerity antisocial measures started, the unemployment rate was at twelve percent. That rate has since climbed almost to twentyseven percent, and the youth unemployment rate for ages up to 25 years old has surpassed the seventy percent mark.

Poverty and destitution are spreading, and the country’s gross domestic product has descended rapidly, while its debt has grown from 127 percent to 180 percent over the past three years.
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Four hundred thousand families in Greece not have an income and about three hundred thousand employed workers have not been paid

“The Love Equation” it describes on person’s feelings for another person in terms of some basic components and their relative importance.

The “retro” multiple tones of grey and the bold shadows are some of the reasons why some people falling in love with black and white photos.

Possibly our brain decodes better the details of a black and white photography and supplements differently what is missing.

But wait .. The colourless, temporal and mysterious magic emitted from black and white cannot be explained so simply..

Let your imagination take you back to my small photographic journey through the toys of my mature age.