Photographe - Dimitri Harissiadis - Voula Papaioannou

 

We are talking for Voula Papaioannou and Dimitris Harissiadis, self taught photographers that captured WWII and post-war Greece in their work. Their social documentarist and humanist approach gave us invaluable testimonies of  years of social and economic struggle, during warfare and reconstruction in Greece.  Life in the countryside, the landscape, the traditions are manifested through their lens.  You can get a glimpse of their work below:

Karystos 1950-1955, photo by

We are talking for Voula Papaioannou and Dimitris Harissiadis, 

self taught photographers that captured WWII 

and post-war Greece in their work. 

Their social documentarist and humanist approach 

gave us invaluable testimonies of  years of social and economic struggle, 

during warfare and reconstruction in Greece.  Life in the countryside, 

the landscape, the traditions are manifested through their lens.  

You can get a glimpse of their work below:

Karystos 1950-1955, photo by Voula Papaioannou

Mykonos 1950-1955, photo by Voula Papaioannou

Octopus, photo by Voula Papaioannou

Astir Beach 1961, photo by Dimitris Harissiadis

Mykonos island, 1955 photo by Dimitris Harissiadis

Faros in Sifnos, photo by Dimitri Harissiadis

All works are from the the Photographic Archive of the Benaki Museum:

The Photographic Archive of Benaki Museum was founded in 1973.  

The collection of the Photographic Archive constitutes of negatives 

and photographs of the 19th and 20th century. 

To find out more you van visit the website of Benaki Museum.