Icon stations

ICON STATIONS - Icon Stations is a photographic index of 300 icon stands, roadside shrines that punctuate the vast, mountainous landscape of Crete. Compiled over a period of four years, the collection of images is both an objective and direct record, but also an intimate document of a journey – a journey that uncovers a whole series of stories and myths woven into the fabric of these shrines’ existence. It is an attempt at loose indexing, an intuitive gathering of different forms of shrines that occupy various indeterminate spaces across the island: roads, paths, shores, boundaries and thresholds. Together, these solitary reliquaries constitute a symbolic geography through which memory is both transmitted and maintained. \n \nIcon Stations is an alternative portrait of Crete and a testament to humanity’s universal yearning to connect with the divine and the ancestral. These shrines, scattered across continents and cultures, are more than just landmarks – they are sacred intersections where past and present converge, inviting us to reflect on the landscapes we collectively traverse. \n \nThis is the first book of photographs by artist Daniel Adhami. The images are accompanied by a detailed index listing the coordinates and materials of each shrine, as well as three short texts in English and Greek by writers Lilly Markaki and Louise Camu, as well as the artist himself.