everything works,” says Pajdic. During the photo shoot, Pajdic spent time wandering Athens accumulating more than 10,000 shots and observing the city's contrasts. “I was confronted with two very contrasting sides of the city: one was contemporary and young, and the other was ancient, steeped with the kind of history you cannot escape. I swear, the first time I went up to the Acropolis I felt I was closer to heaven than I’ve ever been in my life.” But rather than focus on the differences, he tried to discover the bridges that keep the two worlds connected: “It was kind of like an ongoing dialogue in my head, and that’s what this project is all about.” Instant sharing Like many of his other projects, Hail, O Hail, Liberty! was exclusively created for the web. Pajdic has said he believes the Internet has made it easier for artists to share their work instantly, rather than wait for galleries to display it. “When I first started out it was kind of hard to part with your work, but nowadays it’s all about sharing. We’re living in tough times and if I can contribute 0.00000001 points of beauty to this world, I’d want to do it as fast as I can, and nothing can beat the internet for speed. It’s a spectacular platform for artistic output and you don’t need to wait for the galleries to show your work. You can do it on your own right here, right now.” Subjects and influences Pajdic is forthcoming in interviews but ultimately rejects the idea of being defined by one thing. He once told an interviewer that he has “always rebelled against the idea of specializing in one thing and doing it for the rest of one’s life. There’s nothing wrong with it, of course, and we do need experts, but I believe we are capable of learning many different things. Dealing with stereotypes has always been very hard for me. If I had to state one profession for myself, then I really don’t know what that would be.” Pajdic's subjects are either long term friends, or newly made friends for life. “Sometimes I could be inspired by a book I read, or a person I meet. Most of the time it happens in a moment when I meet a person who would be in my image. It is almost like alchemy between two people,