PHOTOGRAPHY

Mykonos before the sunbeds
IMAGES

When the illustrated travel guide “Mykonos-Delos” from the series “Discover Greece,” published by M. Pechlivanidis & Co, was launched in 1958, “tourism, Greek and international, was starting to explore the Cyclades,” as highlighted by the observations of author-journalist Vassilis Kazatzis during that era.


Photographers protest new IDs
IMAGES

Professional photographers protested the planned introduction of new IDs outside the Citizen Protection Ministry Wednesday.

Serifos’ enduring allure explored in photo exhibition
ROBERT MCCABE

Known for an extensive body of work depicting a Greek way of life that has all but disappeared under the wheels of progress, modern-day American philhellene Robert McCabe teams up with Katerina Kaloudi in “The Magic of Serifos.”

Multimedia exhibition raises awareness on fragility of Aoos River
VOVOUSA FESTIVAL

The fragility of the Aoos/Vjosa River, which crosses the border between Greece and Albania and represents one of Europe’s few remaining free-flowing waterways, has inspired a multimedia exhibition that seeks to explore the confluence of history, culture, economy, and environmental sustainability.


Documenting the faces of hope
CULTURE

The exhibition showcases 70 photographs, comprising both black-and-white and color images, which depict the post-war history of Greece as documented by McCabe during his travels in the 1950s and 1960s.


AI photoshopping is about to get very easy. Maybe too easy
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Photoshop is the granddaddy of image-editing apps, the O.G. of our airbrushed, Facetuned media ecosystem and a product so enmeshed in the culture that it’s a verb, an adjective and a frequent lament of rappers. Photoshop is also widely used.



Vangelis Gkinis | Elefsina | May 11 – June 18
WHAT'S ON

In “Alienation,” photographer Vangelis Gkinis exhibits the product of six months of research and more than 4,700 kilometers of traveling across the country to speak to 28 workers in different industries in a study on labor in Greece.


Photographers’ protest over ID photo amendment
NEWS

An amendment concerning photographs on the new identity cards issued by Greek authorities has alarmed professional photographers and prompted their union to call a nationwide strike on Monday.

A female Mossad agent’s treasure trove of photos
THE NEW YORK TIMES

On Oct 8, 1965, the chief of Israel’s foreign intelligence service, the Mossad, presented the country’s prime minister with a plan to assassinate several leading Palestinian militants based in Beirut with letter bombs.

Benaki Museum show keeps Nelly’s traces alive
CULTURE

Elli Sougioultzoglou-Seraidari, the renowned interwar photographer Nelly’s who captured highlights of the Greek capital like few others, lived two lives and the second began with a piece in Kathimerini nearly 50 years ago. It was titled “Classifieds” and spoke about “looking for traces of the renowned photographer Nelly’s.” It was written […]