Ditched washing machines, a woman\u2019s bare leg, the back of Willem Dafoe\u2019s head \u2026 the Oscar-nominated director talks us through his new photography show in Athens \u2013 made with his darkroom assistant Emma Stone<\/p>\n
In the centre of Athens, a brand new temple has popped up. Walk around the tall white columns surrounding it and you\u2019ll eventually find the entrance to its inner sanctum. It might not be quite as old as the nearby Parthenon but it does hold a unique kind of treasure: the personal photographs of director Yorgos Lanthimos.<\/p>\n
Taken over the last few years as he wandered his home country, they offer a glimpse of Greece through the auteur\u2019s absurdist eye. We see a coffin resting against a wall next to a mop, and a couple of horses with their heads chopped off by foregrounded trees. A roadside memorial is shown underneath a sign warning of danger ahead \u2013 the wiggly road symbol points directly upwards, as if suggesting the route to the next life for the poor victim. This last image is poignant, strange and funny, eliciting the same awkward clash of emotions you get from watching Lanthimos\u2019s films.<\/p>\n
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