Solo photo show
A few years ago, Pavlos Kozalides traveled the region of the Black Sea in order to document the lives of the area’s Greeks. In many ways, it was voyage in search of his own roots. Of Pontic descent himself, he grew up listening to his family talk about their lives in Ordu, Turkey, before the 1923 exchange of populations. Kozalides visited Ordu as well as other regions of Turkey but also traveled to Georgia, Ukraine and Russia. The photographs he produced (on a commission from the Benaki Museum) are exhibited in «Pavlos Kozalides: Seeking a Lost Homeland,» an exhibition curated by the artist and on display at the main building of the Benaki Museum (the museum’s Photographic Archives is the organizer). Kozalides seeks out those aspects of Greek tradition that still survive in the communities of Greeks living in the Black Sea and draws attention to an important but somewhat neglected part of the Greek diaspora. Born in Piraeus in 1961, Kozalides moved with his family to Canada when he was 7. He started working as a photographer in the 1980s, upon his permanant return to Greece. He has traveled extensively, photographing different parts of the world. The Benaki exhibition is the first public presentation of his work. «Pavlos Kozalides: Seeking a Lost Homeland,» at the Benaki Museum (1 Koumbari, 210.367.1000, www. benaki. gr) through April 13.
