What is special about Greece? What is the ethos of this country? What lies beneath the Greek Summer and the stereotypical misconceptions?
This is a small chapel I came across on August 2021, in the middle of nowhere, on the south coast of Crete, as our ferry was passing by. I barely had time to raise my then Minolta x-700 with an MD 50mm f/1.7 lens and take one shot on Ilford FP4+.
It had absolutely no access by road or sea, no settlements for kilometers and just stood in there, alone, white, under the scorching sun in this harsh, deserted slope, overlooking the Cretan Sea and Libya beyond the horizon.
Who built there and why? The answer on this question for me is the same one that answers all the initials questions, even if I can’t formalize it in words…
Have a look in my instagram account, you might other stories imprinted in B&W film.
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Gary Smith on A Chapel in the Middle of Nowhere – A One-Shot Story
Comment posted: 13/04/2025
Comment posted: 13/04/2025
Jeffery Luhn on A Chapel in the Middle of Nowhere – A One-Shot Story
Comment posted: 13/04/2025
That's a dramatic photo! We can only imagine the reason to build a chapel there, and many stories come to mind. Perhaps a father made a promise to build a monument if his daughter survived an illness. Maybe a fisherman's wife had it constructed because it was where her husband's boat and body were found. Maybe it's not a chapel. Great photo of a mystery.
Comment posted: 13/04/2025
David Pauley on A Chapel in the Middle of Nowhere – A One-Shot Story
Comment posted: 15/04/2025
Comment posted: 15/04/2025
Andrew L on A Chapel in the Middle of Nowhere – A One-Shot Story
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