The Urban Pulp project is my attempt to describe the urban and suburban landscape of my hometown Larissa. My photographs are derived from the study of incongruous, banal and ordinary themes, which often remain unseen. Searching for some common characteristics in these thematically diverse images, the spectator can identify features that draw upon a certain photographic method. However, looking beyond the obvious absence of people or the soft light in each frame, I suggest that these images have something more in common: they are visions on how people perceive, appropriate and experience an urban place of the Greek provinces.
Born in 1984, Vasilis Ntaopoulos is a social scientist and a photographer based in Larissa, Greece. His educational background derives from his studies in Social Anthropology (Msc) and Gestalt therapy. His relationship with photography started in 2013, and since then he has the chance to be a member of Larissa’s Photography Club and a member of “f plus” photography group. He has participated in several workshops and group exhibitions in Greece and his photography has been featured in online and printed publications. In 2019 his Urban Pulp project was included in the Young Greek Photographers section of Athens Photo Festival.