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There is a joke that the great American photographer Garry Winogrand used to tell. One afternoon in the park, some passers-by stop to compliment a baby in a stroller. The baby is very cute and sweet, but when they express their admiration to his grandmother, she replies dryly, “That’s nothing. You should see his picture.”

These photographs have accumulated over a number of years. They were mostly taken in London, but several were taken in Greece. Apart from that, I haven't much to say about them. They should stand (or fall) on their own. After all, that’s the point with pictures. They are not bearers of one truth that can be put into words. They are not reality, but reality photographed, which is a different thing altogether. As such, they may convey different meanings to different people. I wouldn’t want to burden you or the photographs with my own thoughts and feelings about what they may or may not express, intend, or represent. I wouldn’t want to direct or curb your own projections.

I would hope that the children in my pictures don’t come across as cute, or at least, as not just cute. Childhood is much more than that. I hope these images manage to convey something of the multidimensional character of that period of our lives.