An expert lens is turned on the Aegean Sea
William Abranowicz graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and worked as a photographer’s assistant, printmaker and teacher of photography. As a renowned photographer in his own right, he has traveled widely and worked with prestigious magazines from Conde Nast Traveler to the New York Times Magazine. Examples of his work are in collections around the world and he was nominated for Life magazine’s Alfred Eisenstadt award for travel photography. His first book, «The Greek File: Images from a Mythic Land» (Pub. Rizzoli with an introduction by Edmund Keeley), is a fresh and sensitive response to the beauties of the Aegean. His black-and-white images focus on the absolute essence of the place and its people. Apart from his profession, to which he is devoted, Abranowicz also has a social conscience: «I look at photography as a blessed thing I have been allowed to do but many, many things are more important.» He decided to train as a fireman after the September 11 attacks on the United States and is now nearing the end of the basic training period. As he says: «I guess I felt that there is a different set of priorities in my life now.» Of mixed Irish, Swedish and Czech descent, Abranowicz describes himself as «an American mutt,» adding, «My kids think they are Greek, though!» Edmund Keeley, who wrote the introduction to «The Greek File», is an acclaimed writer and critic and an award-winning translator of modern Greek poetry. Vidocq
