A living geography · 6 discoveries
Kalymnos
A chapter of Dodecanese.
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A Kalymnian House
Kalymnos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
An overnight stay in a Kalymnian home becomes a story of food, memory, a former vessel accountant and an elderly captain still caring for her boat.
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Antonis and the Sponge Warehouse
Kalymnos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
A chance meeting at the harbour of Kalymnos leads to a retired sponge diver, his boat, and the old warehouse he thought was not worth photographing.
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Nikitas and the Sponge Diver on the Wall
Kalymnos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
At Omilos near the harbour of Pothia, a tavern wall, a tattoo of Saint George and the image of a sponge diver hold a small piece of Kalymnos in plain sight.
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The Diving Suit at Therma
Kalymnos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
At a diving school on Therma beach, an old Kalymnian diving suit turns a working encounter into one of the island’s most powerful images.
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