Photographic Center of Skopelos
Museum of Photography of Skopelos, aka the Photographic Center of Skopelos, was a museum and seasonal exhibition venue in Skopelos, the Sporades, Greece. It hosted workshops and significant retrospectives of the work of photographers Robert Capa, Herbert List and Josef Koudelka, among others.
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History
The nonprofit organization was founded in 1995 by focusing in particular on Eastern European photography. In 1996 a photography festival was held, and 178 images by the noted Czech photographer Josef Koudelka were shown, who was famous for his photography of the Soviet invasion of Prague.[1]
After a few lean years, the Center gained permanent government funding in 2005 after the curator, Vangelis Ioakeimidis had joined with Thessaloniki's Photography Museum to help funding.[2]
Displays
The center has made a notable showcase of "Icons of Narcissus" of images dating to around 1900. These were imported from the Musee Nicephore Niepce in Chalon-sur-Saône, France and a French foundation, the FRAC, has also made contributions to the museum.[1] Other exhibitions have contained works by renowned Greek photographers such as Costas Balafas, Dimitris Letsios, Vassilis Manikakis, Spyros Meletzis, Aimilios Serafis and Takis Tloupas.[2] Photographers from the Public Power Corporation (DEI) archives have also had imagery exhibited in Skopelos.
References
- Stout, Nick (July 3, 1998). "Photography Festival Focuses on the Human Figure". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
- Pounara, Margarita (September 1, 2005). "New hope for Skopelos Photography Center:The institution reopens with an exhibition after a long silence". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
External links
- On the founding of the organization
- A history of exhibitions
- 2005 article from the Greek daily Kathimerini on the re-opening of the center