In the series Heading West I am focusing on the transformation of the landscape and of a certain community culture in the wetlands of Missolonghi (one of the most important wetlands in the Mediterranean) and Amvrakikos Gulf in Western Greece. These regions of Greece were among the 20 poorest regions in the European Union in terms of GDP per capita in 2015, when I started photographing in the area. However, what attracted me to the area of Missolonghi and Amvrakikos Gulf in the first place was the energy and the aura of the region, the distinctive landscape, the “Architecture of Necessity” and the fact that it reminded me of some Walker Evans' photographs; or perhaps the morbid atmosphere of Visconti's Death in Venice. Nevertheless, the Missolonghi lagoon and the Amvrakikos Gulf wetlands were not usually visited by ‘aesthetes’ and the locals, usually poor fishermen and their families, were not in the tourism business. However, last year I realized that this has changed and three - four of these old ‘illegal’ humble fishing huts have been used to accommodate tourists in the summertime. Seeking now a meaning for my photographs and a meaning for the place, I remember Ian Jeffrey writing about P.H. Emerson's Norfolk. "Norfolk's meaning was crucial to Emerson's enterprise. It was not simply a beautiful spot. To its devotees Norfolk seemed like the last enclave of ancient life in England". West is my East Anglia. A distant world, where I do not belong, a kind of romantic landscape fantasy, with all the ethically problematic detachments – implications of a remote perspective. A perspective which I am questioning.