“Black and White II” by Kyriakos Kaziras.

“Africa and the Arctic : two worlds that are polar oppo­sites, yet insep­a­ra­ble in pho­to­graphic terms. The land­scapes are mag­nif­i­cent, the wildlife pro­foundly wild, and the light oscil­lates between envelop­ing soft­ness and raw intensity. 

My work falls at the extremes of both spec­trums: the deep­est blacks and the bright­est whites, with­out ever sac­ri­fic­ing detail — whether it be the dark fur of the pan­ther or the immac­u­late hairs of the polar bear.

My goal is to mag­nify nature and wildlife, and to evoke emo­tion in those who con­tem­plate the image. For me, pho­tog­ra­phy is about seek­ing that point of bal­ance where visual beauty becomes a sen­sory experience.

Over the years, my out­look has dark­ened as my opti­mism has waned. The world is chang­ing, ter­ri­to­ries are becom­ing more frag­ile, and this ten­sion is now reflected in my work. However, if two ani­mals as dif­fer­ent as the polar bear and the black pan­ther can coex­ist on the same planet and con­vey sim­i­lar emo­tions to vis­i­tors, then, despite their dif­fer­ences, human beings can also learn to live together.”