Georgia Ponirakou was born in October 1983. She studied Biology and Photography. She is a visual artist who works with film and is also a poet.
She uses both colour and black and white film, 35mm, medium format and Polaroid cameras. Her approach is diaristic as she documents her everyday life. She combines prints on different papers and printing methods to create zines and handmade artist books.
She has published five photo zines and two handmade zines in two copies each ("The quarantine diary" December 2020, F32.3, February 2021). Her first photobook about Makronissos (10 limited edition copies, 2019, Depression Era) was presented at the main exhibition of Medphoto Festival 2019, while her second book (Snowbed, 290 limited edition copies, Zoetrope Athens), which presents her personal story of depression, was published in Polycopies (November 2023). She has participated in group exhibitions at the Athens Photofestival (New found self 2017, Drowning land- Breathing water 2019) and several other exhibitions in Greece and abroad. Her first solo exhibition "Snowbed" took place in October 2021).
Today russia killed at least 20 people and left more than 75 wounded in Odesa, Ukraine.
There used to be good days and bad days but now in Odesa there are days with drone attacks and days with missile attacks. There are very few quiet days without any attack or air raid.
But you can never escape the inner anxiety. Even on a tranquil day.
The war has taken hold of me like a virus, seeping into every cell of my blood.
It feels like a peaceful life I can only experience in my dreams now. But no. Ironically, I only have dreams of nuclear explosions or bombing of residential houses, which seamlessly merge into waking up to real ones.