Greek photographer and filmmaker Christophe Anagnostoppulos is decided to indicate the world the facet of his house nation that almost all don’t see. His newest movie, “Into the Mountains” showcases the rugged great thing about the landscapes within the Epirus area of Greece.
Greece is a well known and widespread vacationer vacation spot and hosted over 31 million guests in 2019, previous to the COVID-19 pandemic. A big proportion of these guests, nonetheless, go to the everyday vacationer locations. with cities similar to Athens and Santorini and the seashores of Crete and Kos rising as favorites amongst vacationers and photographers. Few guests ever enterprise to the Epirus area, situated within the northwestern nook of the European nation.
Along with its magnificence, the area can also be historic. The mountainous land was house to the traditional Greek tribal teams Molossians and Thesprotians. The best peak in these Dinaric Alps is Mount Smolikas, standing at an altitude of 8,652 ft.
The climate patterns coming from the Ionian Sea make the Epirus area obtain essentially the most rainfall in Greece, which helps to maintain the plentiful forests thriving.
Anagnostoppulos’s aim with ‘Into the Mountains’ is to indicate viewers that Greece is greater than historic cities and tranquil seashores. Alongside together with his earlier movie from Epirus, ‘Forests of Tranquility’, the filmmaker makes a compelling case for the rugged and various area of Greece to be added to all nature and panorama photographers’ bucket lists.
“The concept for this movie was shaped in my thoughts whereas I used to be filming “Forest of Tranquility” again in 2019,” Anagnostoppulos says.
“I’ve spent many days again then contained in the forests and the mountains for filming and it was throughout that point that I made a promise to myself to create a timelapse movie devoted to these stunning mountains.”
Anagnostoppulos began engaged on the preparations of the manufacturing initially of 2020, however was stalled because of the proliferation of COVID-19.
“After virtually two years of restrictions, curfews, and quarantines, I lastly had the possibility to journey again to my favourite places, the mountains of Epirus, which I missed a lot,” he says.
“On this movie, I attempted to seize some pure and delightful sceneries within the mountains. Places that may calm our souls with their simplicity and minimalism, irrespective of if it has stunning clear skies and even dangerous climate.”
“One other aim that I had set, when and if attainable, was to keep away from capturing something that it’s not created by nature,” he provides. “If I succeeded on this aim, is as much as you to determine.”
Extra from Anagnostoppulos may be discovered on his web site and YouTube channel.
Picture credit: Images by Christophe Anagnostoppulos.
