Robert Martiko, Corfu, Greece, 1995

One attempts to learn the truth by shedding as much light as possible on the subject under consideration. The above quotation takes on a more practical meaning when speaking of the camera work of American photographer Martha Grenon. There is something so noble and touching about Martha. Although living in a world quite different from ours, she has managed to get inside the heart of a bitter past and I find this admirable. During her first visit to Albania, she became obsessed with this country, where the deplorable tracks of the Red Holocaust remain visible.

“Mehr licht!” More light! The last words of the German writer Goethe.