The Region of Crete – Regional Unit of Chania and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Chania are organizing the Photography Exhibition “Antithesis｜⽭盾”, from Friday, July 11, 2025 to Thursday, July 17, 2025, at the Venetian Church of Agios Rokkos.

Photographer : Maria – Louiza                                                       

Graphic Design Editing: Eva Thomadaki     

Opening Hours: Daily, 20.00 – 23.00                               

Opening: Friday 11 July 2025, at 21.00

This exhibition explores how personality is not built in a single and stable environment, but rather through the contradictions, conflicts and cultural contrasts experienced as one moves between different worlds. Through images, thoughts and experiences, born in countries with different languages, rhythms, cultures and ways of life, it emerges that each “foreign” place is nothing more than a mirror — a way to see a new aspect of oneself. The contrasts between East and West, in chaos and order, in light and silence, in root and escape, become not points of conflict but bridges. The common thread is not the similarity of places, but the truth that is revealed every time you recognize a part of yourself in a seemingly opposite environment. Thus, the exhibition is not a simple review of travels or experiences, but a record of how contrasts build — rather than dissolve — the sense of identity. In accepting our inner polyphony and acknowledging our contradictory elements, a more complete, truer version of ourselves is born.

Maria-Louisa Kalogerakou

Short resume

Maria – Louisa Kalogerakou is a photographer based in Barcelona. She works mainly with analogue (film) photography and through her images she explores themes such as identity, movement and the emotional relationship with space. She focuses on scenes from everyday life in cities, with particular attention to atmosphere, light and the silent moments that compose the experience of belonging. She has presented her work in the Netherlands and Spain, with most recent exhibitions Endemos at the Cloud Gallery in Amsterdam and NOSTOS in Barcelona. At the same time, she has worked in the field of communication and client management in international companies such as Google, ADP and Adyen, combining organizational skills with creativity. She studied International and European Studies at Panteion University and continued with a master’s degree in Communication at the University of Amsterdam.

Source : Regional Unit of Chania