Figure 1.--This is a detail of a photograph by Dimitris Charisiadis. I am not sure about the date. It shows a boy on an Aegean island (Serifos if I am not mistaken).
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Figure 1.--This is a detail of a photograph by Dimitris Charisiadis. I am not sure about the date. It shows a boy on an Aegean island (Serifos if I am not mistaken). |
Dimitris Charisiadis is one of the most important photographers of the 1940-60s era in Greece. He used to work as a chemist but quit his work for the profession of photographer. Throughout his professional career, Charissiadis maintained a personal interest in photographing Greek towns and landscapes and everyday life in agricultural and
urban surroundings, believing that mankind was "the most interesting subject
in the world". The predominantly American influences that can be detected in his work, are the result of his association with foreign photographic agencies and his familiarity with international trends in photography. His photographs were highly acclaimed abroad and took part in many international expositions like "The family of man" in The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1955) and also "Greece by eleven photographers" (Chicago, 1957) and "The face of the European" (Munich, 1959). Like Nelly's, he also worked for Life Magazine. Charisiadis was laterawarded with the bronze medal of FIAP. In the photographs of Charisiadis we can see a lot of children almast always wearing their ordinary play or working clothes, rather than dressed up for a formal portrait.
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