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Woman wearing the local costume of Markopoulo in Attica, inside a local orthodox church

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Portraits of Greece through local dress.

A photographic atlas of place, ritual and dress.
Greece, seen a little closer.

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In the photographCostumes of MarkopouloMarkopoulo → Attica → Sterea Ellada

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Rituals that gather people. Dress that holds memory. Stories carried from one generation to the next.

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Story

Black and white photograph of a shared lunch inside a family house in Ano Potamia, Naxos.

Lunch at the House of VerikokosNaxos → Cyclades → South Aegean → Aegean

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Traditional winemaker Nikolaos Drossos outside his home.

Saint Averky and the Opening of the New WineEmporio, Santorini, Santorini

Place

During the chirosfaya on the island of Andros

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A narrow alley in Emporio village on Santorini.

Saint Averky and the Opening of the New WineEmporio, Santorini, Santorini

Story

Black and white photograph from inside a Kitro distillery in Naxos, with equipment and bottles visible.

Inside the Kitro Distillery of NaxosNaxos → Cyclades → South Aegean → Aegean

Traditional dress

Women wearing the local costumes of Kymi in Euboea, standing in an arrow formation at a local field

Costumes of KymiKymi → Euboea

Place

Black-and-white photograph from Feast of the Archangel Michael at Tristomo, Tristomo, Karpathos.

Place

Three women in the local dresses of Salamina, standing in a local alley. Bridal, engagement and everyday dresses.

Traditional dress

Women wearing the costume of Kymi, Euboea, standing in a local field

Women in the costume of KymiKymi → Euboea

Story

Black and white photograph of the village of Patrika in southern Chios.

Patrika, A Hidden GemPatrika → Chios → Northern Aegean → Aegean

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