Figure 1.--Many Greek photographs in the early-20th century were done as postcard-back prints. This is the back of a 1930s studio portrait. Often there is writing on the back, but in this case there was no inscription. Notice the printing is in French. Click on the image to see the portrait. The studio was A.S. Milionis.

We have a much larger archive of 20th century photograpghy. More studios were opened and we begin to msee snap shots. We begin to see postcard-back photographs after the turn of the 20th century. At the same time the Kodak Brownie brought the family snapshot vwithin the range of many families. This was less true of Greece than more prosperous countries, but still we begin to see snapshots. Many of the studio portraits were done as postcard back prints. Family sanpshots were also done as postcard-back prints. Some economic improvement meant that more Greeks could afford studio portraits and family snapshots. During the first half of the 20th Century there were numerous photographers in Greece that they had studios in the big cities. Almost all prosperous families of these times had their portraits and childrens portraits taken. The most famous photographer of early 20th century is Periklis Diamantopoulos. In the 1910s through the 30s many photographers started to take pictures of important events such as Wars, demostrations and other political events. At the same time many Greek photographers started taking the first artistic pictures. We see many active city studios during the inter-War era (1920s-30s). The 1940s was a disaster both with World War II invasions and the civil war. This of course affected the photographic industry and the photographic record. Greece began to recover in the 1950s and the econmy began to recover with increasing access to the European Union. Greece became aull member 1981. The resuklting prosperity means that the Greek phothraphic industry becomes more like that of the prosperous countries of Western Europe.

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