Desiree Elfstrom
Waiting for St Nicholas - December in Demre
On the south Anatolian coast of Turkey a small agricultural town called Demre is to be found. This is an ancient pilgrimage site originally known as Myra and where the real saint behind our beliefs in Father Christmas is claimed to have lived around the year 350. Summer time numerous visitors past by, mostly on pre-organized holiday tours which economically does not enrich the local population. Turkey is in general standing on the edge of modernization developing fast along with its younger more secular generation. I went to Demre during December 2007 in a search for visual clues both representing the past and the future of this traditional but unique Turkish town.
Georgina Angless • Matt Barnes • Desiree Elfstrom • Abigaile Fraser • Katinka Goldberg • Nicolson S. Hamada • Mike Hunter • Katrina Johnk • Alice Myers • Georgeana Parsons •
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