Calla lily portraits

The beauty of calla lilies offers numerous interpretations. Is their shape like a wave coming toward you, or is it like a trumpet calling out to you? Their silk white surface and subtle lines gives rise to sensual or even sexual interpretations. For this series I was inspired by the work of Robert Mapplethorpe and his master printer Tom Baril.

Gregoris Mentzas leads a double life as an academic professor and a fine art photographer.His work focuses on the concepts of time and decay, tranquility and silence. He strives to capture serenity and encapsulate the ephemeral quality of calmness.