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Maria Gaisidou

Photographer - 2023


She has studied Photography and is currently a professional photographer. Her true love lies with film, as he feels that through it, she can imprint raw emotion.

feelings

Walking around with "uncomfortable" feelings

I am starting to notice, as I get older, that us humans tend to push away, or rather try to completely erase, emotions that are not so positive. Anger, pain, sorrow, fear, despair, chaos. We embrace and seek only the feelings that bring us euphoria and security, both physically as well as in our so…

toxic masculinity

And if I cry, so what?

"Don't cry", "the man is the bearer of the house", "you are a man, you are in charge". These are just some of the expressions that ring in the ears of a little boy as he grows up, coming from both male and female figures in his social environment. Although they do not come as a surprise - and we mu…

stress

In search of love, not stress

How many times have you had a close person to you talking about a person they are romantically interested in they met through Instagram or Tinder? How many times have you met such a person? It is more likely that you answered yes  to the above-mentioned queries. Instagram, Facebook, Messenger,…

playing chess

Welcome to my TEDx Talk Ep.8: I am what I chose to be!

Who do you love the most? Mom or Dad? What do you want to be when you grow up? Which is your favorite animal? All of the above are different questions that our elders asked us when we were little children. These questions are connected in one thing only: we needed to choose before we could answer.…

superpowers

Welcome to my TEDx Talk Ep.7: I can really fly!

Superpowers. A multidimensional phrase, ready to be interpreted in a completely different way by everyone. Without much effort, we find our thoughts drifting to many different things upon hearing it. A "warm" interpretation was given by N., who told us: "a superpower that could be useful in this wo…