"My Greek village… is a metaphor for an ideal place that embodies many of the things we long for in life: interpersonal relationships, closeness, clarity, reliability, family, and identity. …it captures the loss of many values that we sadly find have vanished in our time. …it is an expression of the sorrow we feel when familiar and beloved objects, constructions, and rituals disappear from our lives. …it shows us the transience of existing structures and makes us hope that we will succeed in managing our cultural heritage in a protective way filled with respect. …it reveals to us the most important, authentic values in life, because this Greek village is not only located in Greece. It is a place that exists everywhere in the globalized world, a place we yearn for, a place we must understand and preserve, protect and defend, a place that exists above all within our hearts."

Martin Breutmann, publisher, fotoforum-Verlag / Edition Bildperlen

"The village and its residents seem familiar – despite the fact that we are never given the chance to glimpse into the private lives of their homes. This is what makes the work of photographer Wolfgang Bernauer so fascinating. Neither starkly distant nor intrusively familiar, he manages to capture the authentic atmosphere of village life."

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

"As the images of the people that Wolfgang Bernauer knew and photographed in such an insightful way pass before the eyes of the reader of the book My Greek Village, one cannot help but think that it is perhaps this unadulterated soul of simple people, as captured in their authenticity by the pure gaze of a 'stranger', that has captivated him – and anyone who holds this book, I believe. The art of photographer Bernauer contributes to the preservation of not only memories but also the composition of this Greek village of our civilization."

Katerina Lymperopoulou, journalist, author