Photographers - Part 24

 Dimitris Yeros

Dimitris Yeros (or Geros; in Greek it begins with gamma, but it's pronounced "Y"), born in 1948, is a Greek photographer.  He is also a painter, but today we will be looking at his photos.

Above is Artist and model in a ruined hotel, 2011, with Yeros himself on the left.  I thought the photo composition was interesting.  The room is framed by the surrounding walls like the proscenium arch of a stage, making the image very theatrical.

Yeros has studios in New York and Athens.  This is Zachary, New York, 2002.

This is Francois and Diego, Athens, 2005.  In case you hadn't noticed, Yeros likes male nudes.

Nude Male with Duck, 2007, reveals a lighter side.

Yeros spends his summers on the Greek isle of Lesbos, which is his second home.  This and all of the following photos were taken on Lesbos.  This is Gypsy Boy in an Abandoned School, 2013.

Front of a Collapsing Minaret, 2001.  The phallic reference is pretty clear.

This untitled 2014 photo beautifully captures the form of the branch and the body.

Here, the captive bird vies with the model's body for the viewer's attention.

I call this untitled 2014 photo Two Asses.

Not all of Yeros' work is devoted to art and male nudes.  The island of Lesbos is right off the coast of Turkey, and it was flooded with refugees from the war in Syria trying to escape to Europe.  Above is a photo from Yeros' 2018 photo book Without Luggage, a sympathetic portrayal of those people and their lives in the refugee camps.