As we know from history, the Greeks are distinguished seafarers and explorers, going back to ancient times. Part of the transmitted past is the story of Jason and the Argonauts, made famous by the poet Apollonius of Rhodes in the third century B.C.; their mythical task was to retrieve the golden fleece from a remote island. And in our time the Greek photographer Charalampos Kydonakis uses this ancient Argonautica story as inspiration for coming to terms with his contemporary visual and cultural exploration of the city of New York – a formidable task.
