Effects born from what is empty and what is full – light and dark shades, brightness and night. The Greek photographer Vangelis Paterakis portrays and gives shape to the human shadow that immaterial element of us all – an evanescent and indefinite subject that appears when light strikes a surface only to then melt away and blend in with the surrounding surfaces.

The photographs of “Shadow Life” remind us of an intangible, immaterial ballet made up of interactions and endless shades of grey. It’s a fascinating theme that leaves space for philosophical reflections. As th great Carl Justav Jung once said: “Contact with our shadows allows us to identify more closely with ourselves and touch a profound part of very being.”