In early August, when The New York Times Magazine reached out to Vera Lutter about documenting ancient Athenian ruins, she was in her native Germany mourning her father, who passed away that summer. At the time, European news had been dominated by reports of wildfires in Greece — an ill omen for the clear skies and uphill hikes required to shoot atop the Acropolis.
During a later interview about her work featured in the Magazine’s Voyages issue, Ms. Lutter had a question of her own to ask about the newspaper. “What I would love to hear from you,” she said, “is do you think they knew what they were getting themselves into?”
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