boredom, and fatigue mix with small celebrations sharing sweets, dancing, or taking quiet breaks revealing a shared working experience and transforming “anonymous” civil servants into familiar figures. Patsouras resigned in 2000 to pursue photography full-time, leaving behind the stability of civil service.  

Today, the project functions as a vital social and historical document of an era preceding the digital transformation of public administration. The photographs remained unseen for more than two decades before being presented at the Photometria Festival (2022) and the Thessaloniki Photobiennale (2023). Today, ten prints from the series are part of the permanent collection of the MOMus Museum of Photography Thessaloniki.

This beautifully produced 96-page hardcover photobook features a hardcover binding with an obi band. The rich printing captures all the grittiness, atmosphere, and depth of the original analog prints, making it both a collector's artistic publication and an archival record of a fading world. The photographs are accompanied by an essay by curator and photography professor Heracles Papaioannou, alongside a personal text by the photographer.