We are wandering around this earth, while at same time we forget that we came from it. Taking for granted our existence, most of the time behaving like characters in a video game where after the ghosts eat us, we can start over again.  The same way we treat the most vital part of us, the environment.  That level of disconnection detaches us from our own spirit. The dissociation from our shared level of responsibility becomes a testimony of how we treat ourselves and others.  

In this project the human form is placed, in the natural form of nature. Where the body lies creates a reflection of our roots. Where the curves of a nymph, flirt with the curves of the rocks, where the nymphs dance a tree is born.  We carry nature with in us in every breath and every dance, we take. We are an extension of our own environment. In Hayao Miyazaki words, centuries ago it was assumed that spirits existed everywhere, in tress, rives, insects, wells, anything and we should treasure everything because there is a kind of life to everything. In ancient Greek mythology nymphs were spirits invariably bound to places and were also protectors of the natural environment around them. Creatures who possessed powers of healing, feeding, and restoring strength.  Nymphs were fierce deities, which had rightly been adored by humans for their contribution to the natural equilibrium.

In the way that the word nymph is used now a days, it has been ripped of its original content from the myth and has been used as a shaming word. In a similar way our sexuality and our position within nature has been taken away from us and been sold back to us as something distorted and far away from its original pureness. So, reclaiming the word nymph allows us to connect with the elements of nature within us, which will always know how to return home.

Models: Niki Stevens, Despina Mikoniati, Daphne Lazou, Kaliopi Kardoulia, Dimitirs Tsilifonis, Kontantnos Kropidas, Alex Kromidas, Potis Kapotis
Photographer: Niki Stevens