Figure 1.--These two Greek schoolboys are having a read after school. They were pahotographed by Voula Papaioannou, proably about 1950. Both look to be wearing school smocks.
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Figure 1.--These two Greek schoolboys are having a read after school. They were pahotographed by Voula Papaioannou, proably about 1950. Both look to be wearing school smocks. |
Voula Papaioannou is a very significant Greek photographer. She was one of the pioneer women photographers in Greece and a contemprary of Nelly's. She began working as a photographer during the 1930s, concentrating at first on studies of landscapes, monuments and archaeological exhibits. She photographed the Greek-Italian War (1940-41) and after the end of World War II, the Greek Civil War (1948). Her most important work is the hand made-4 copies only "To lefkoma tis peinas" (The album of starvation) with photographs of emanciated children in Axis (German and Italian) occupied Greece during World War II. The images of children in Axis occupied Greece (along with those of the concentration camps) are
among the most shocking we have ever seen. She later portrayed a realist view of the post war Greece. Voula Papaioannou's work represents the trend towards "humane photography"
that arose as a result of the abuse of human rights during the war. Her camera captured her compatriots' struggle for survival with respect. She is often compared to Lewis Hine and his work of working children. All her unpublished photographes were donated by her to
Benaki Museum in Athens.
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