In 1985, Constantinos Pittas, then in his late 20s, embarked on a five-year journey across Cold War Europe in a now-iconic Greek-made NAMCO Pony car.
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A series of works by Chinese photographers Zhou Shengnan and Cao Yanran are on show at the Hellenic Photographic Society in Athens (12 Pontou).
It’s been some 50 years since Michalis Krasakis looked inside a wooden box at an antiques store in Cologne, Germany, described by the shopkeeper as containing “some stuff from Greece.” It is the moment that marked the beginning of a passion for art photography that evolved to the extent that Krasakis […]
An exhibition at the Archaeological Museum of Mykonos commemorates 150 years of research by the French School of Athens on the sacred island of Delos, which began systematically in 1873.
The Acropolis Museum (Dionysiou Areopagitou 15) is hosting an exhibition by American photographer Robert McCabe. The exhibition, “Haire xene: In the Land of Dreams” features 100 photographs of postwar Greece that highlight the beauty and cultural heritage of the country during a time of limited means. Admission free. For more information, visit theacropolismuseum.gr.
Fifty years after the Turkish invasion and occupation of Cyprus, the exhibition features photographs by journalist Sotiris Danezis from the 3.5% of the Turkish-occupied ghost town of Famagusta (Ammochostos), which was opened in 2021 by the occupation authorities. The exhibition is held at the Melina Cultural Centre in Thiseio (Iraklidon 66) and entrance is free.
An impressive presentation of 150 original photos by Greek photographer Nelly’s in original prints made by her will be made at the exhibition “Nelly’s – Krasaki Collection,” which opens on Saturday.
The Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation (13 Eratosthenous, Pangrati, goulandris.gr) pays homage to legendary French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson with two distinctive exhibitions in collaboration with the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation.
A multimedia maritime exhibition, “Crafts of the Sea,” will open for the first time in Athens at the Goethe Institute Athens from July 4 to September 21.
It is an iconic image — a black-and-white photo of a blood-splattered student being clubbed by a paratrooper medic. It was the first photo to slip through the military cordon around Gwangju, South Korea, in 1980, exposing the brutal suppression of what would be known as the Gwangju Democratization Movement.
The Hellenic American Union Gallery (22 Massalias) hosts a group photography exhibition in collaboration with the Moments Collective.
She evokes a sense of deja vu, as if I’ve encountered her somewhere before, familiar yet elusive.
The awe-inspiring Kallimarmaro Stadium in Athens without spectators. “I’m not interested in the picturesque, touristic impression,” says landscape and architecture photographer Erieta Attali.
A tall, gaunt man strides along the weather-worn stones of a Tinian footpath holding a camera, the most important piece of ammunition for his mission: to capture his island’s soul.
Photographer Achilleas Alexandrakis presents “Gobi: The Desert,” a collection capturing the immensity, awe and admiration evoked by the vast, arid region in northern China and southern Mongolia.
Pepi Loulakaki met Bahar years ago, when she was just 12 years old and selling flowers in downtown Athens’ Plaka district.
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