J. Joshua Garrick is an acclaimed photographer from Orlando, Florida, who loves Greece "so completely, I hope it shows in my work… and it does." His unique exhibition "Seeking the Ancient Kallos" opened in New York on April 10, hosted at the Consulate General of Greece and originally planned to run through to May 2, now extended to May 20. But this is no ordinary exhibition.

On September 12, 2013, Garrick made art history as the first American to present this same exhibition of his work - 95 of his black-and-white photographs of landmark places and statues from ancient Greece - at the National Archaeological Museum, in its 125-year history.

He had climbed up restoration scaffolding to the roof, where he balanced without a tripod in a precarious position to get some if his remarkable images. Many of the statues are housed in the museum itself, the largest in Greece and renowned for its antiquities.

Ancient Greece is the main theme of his work and the country has honored him with unprecedented access to famous monuments and museums. The exhibition aims to highlight ancient Greek culture as the birthplace of the western arts and the inseparable relationship of modern Greece with Europe. In Garrick’s own words: "It is my honor to be a constant ‘student’ of the Classical era of Ancient Greece."

See also Josh Garrick at fundraiser for his exhibition in Greece [video, 27.06.2013]