In “Respect”, Aris Georgiou pays homage to works of his peers in photography or painting. He also explains how certain books have motivated him and refers to luminous cases of individuals who have publicly played a noteworthy or even pivotal role for him. The author, as a minimal debt, gathers together words that for several years have been crowded together interweaving his own privilege.

Regarding Photography

Nicholas Nixon, Giorgos Katsaggelos, Nikos Pantis, Karolos Cizek/Giulio Vernazza, Luis Ramon Marin, Takis Tloupas, Kostas Balafas, Tasos Schizas, Panos Patilis, Velis Voutsas, Philippe Delacroix, Christos Kalos, Sophia Tolika, Simos Bensasson, Nassos Avdarmanis, Panagiotis Plumis, Nikos Koukis, Niki Gleoudi, Dora Gatsi, Michalis Pappous, Vasco Ascolini, Victor Cohen

Regarding Painting

Christos Lefakis, Alexandros Isaris, Giorgos Lazogas, Fotini Hamidieli, Giannis Tsatsayas, Giorgos Physikopoulos, Giannis Vouros, Dimitris Varias

Regarding Books

Julietta Harvey, Spyros Paloukis, Lefteris Tziolas, Victor Cohen, Christian Lutz, Giorgos Depollas, Giannis Stylianou, Iraklis Papaioannou, Giorgos Economou.

For the variously unskippables

Sakis Serefas, Zita Mi, Dionysis Kapsalis, Yannis Boutaris, Stegios Delialis, Sakis Papadimitriou, J-B Lenoir, Alabama Blues, Kyriakos Krokos, Ondi Timoner/ Mapplethorpe.

Aris Georgiou (Thessaloniki, 1951) is an architect. He has numerous painting and photography exhibitions to his credit, as well as numerous publications and books with his works and texts. He was the founder and for fifteen years director of the international photography festival Photography Concuria (1988-2003), as well as the first director (1998-2002) of the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography.