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Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Ileia, Kaiafas Lake: Giannis Kalogeropoulos & Georgia Kavada from Xirohori, a village with three deads from the fire. But they did not cancelled their daughter‘s baptism, who got the name Victoria. © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_01		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Kalyvia: Aliki, Rafaela and Mary Kourou play on the burning land, trying to forget the horrible moments they had when the ‘sea of fire‘ showed up. © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_03		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Kalyvia: Aliki, Rafaela and Mary Kourou play on the burning land, trying to forget the horrible moments they had when the ‘sea of fire‘ showed up. © Maro Kouri
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Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Kalyvia: Aliki, Rafaela and Mary Kourou play on the burning land, trying to forget the horrible moments they had when the ‘sea of fire‘ showed up. © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_05		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Kalyvia: Zoi Kourou a day before the fire, left her job as a secretary, in order to occupy with her four kids, her animals and agriculture. Now, she feeds her animals with seeds they had given to her from the special contribution for the fire-victims © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_06		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Karnasi: Giorgos Anastasopouls and his burning vineyard which he will cultivate it again. © Maro Kouri
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Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Ileia, Artemida, the village with 26 dead people: 82-year old Anastasia Iliopoulou saved her home and then the neighbourhood. Villagers call her heroid. © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_08		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Karnasi: sculptor Panayotis Mitropoulos wonders about why the fire left his sculptures untouched. "Even if my land has to burnt like this from the Otoman domination", he says, "I will continue toward my dream; to create a cemetery for atheists". © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_09		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Ileia, Lepreo. German Ouli lives for the last three years in Greece. She is the owner of a folclore museum, she makes bio marmelades and wine from her cultivated land, together with her partner in life, Timbor- from Hungary. She will not leave her new homeland even if it is burnt, like today... © Maro Kouri
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Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Ileia, Artemida, the village with 26 dead people. Kostas Vlassopolos (l)offers a glass of water to an older man. Kosta‘s son is the owner of the burnt square‘s restaurant. © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_11		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Ileia, Lepreo. The folclore museum, of german Ouli and Hungarian Timbor had saved from the fire! The couple will not leave their new homeland even if it is burnt, like today... © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_12		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Kalyvia: Zoi Kourou a day before the fire, left her job as a secretary, in order to occupy with her four kids, her animals and agriculture. Now, she feeds her animals with seeds they had given to her from the special contribution for the fire-victims © Maro Kouri
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Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Ileia, Kaiafas Lake: Giannis Kalogeropoulos & Georgia Kavada from Xirohori, a village with three deads from the fire. But they did not cancelled their daughter‘s baptism, who got the name Victoria. © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_14		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Hraneika or ...Paradise. "It was and I will make it again", optimist priest papa-Spyros says. © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_15		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Kalyvia: Aliki, Rafaela and Mary Kourou play on the burning land, trying to forget the horrible moments they had when the ‘sea of fire‘ showed up. © Maro Kouri
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Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Karnasi: sculptor Panayotis Mitropoulos‘ "shepherd" saved from the fire, giving an optimistic message to everyone. © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_17		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Kalyvia: the meaning of Greek family and hospitality never burns. © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_18		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Kalyvia: Zoi Kourou a day before the fire, left her job as a secretary, in order to occupy with her four kids, her animals and agriculture. Now, she feeds her animals with seeds they had given to her from the special contribution for the fire-victims © Maro Kouri
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Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Hraneika, or "Paradise", as papa-Spyros, says. "Together with my wife Toula, we‘ll fix our figs and the rest of our trees", they say. © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_20		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Messinia, Karnasi: Giorgos Anastasopouls and his wife Asimina. All their cultivated land burnt, but the Greek hospitality is always alive into their cells. © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_21		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Ileia, Artemida, the village with 26 dead people: volunteers photograph the hapless ladder truck. © Maro Kouri
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Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Ileia, Giannitsohori. Giorgo Alanti‘s house is burning. He had taken a bank - loan of 100,000 euros to built it... © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_23		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Ileia, Giannitsohori. Enlivenment or firing ? © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_24		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Ileia, Giannitsohori. Olive tree is very flammable. © Maro Kouri
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MKGR_FR_26		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Ileia, Artemida, the village with 26 dead people. © Maro Kouri
MKGR_FR_27		 Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Ileia. At municipality of Zaharo‘s storehouse, all day and night tracks are coming from all Greece, full of food, water, clothes, for the fire victims. © Maro Kouri
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Greece, Peloponese, prefecture of Ileia. Volunteers‘ from all Greece came to help the fire victims. © Maro Kouri
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