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Three women wearing the local costumes of Perachora, Corinth, by a local 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 PerachoraPerachora → Peloponnese

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

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Place

During the chirosfaya on the island of Andros

Traditional dress

A group of women wearing the local costumes of Agia Anna, Euboea, inside an old local basement

Costumes of Agia AnnaAgia Anna → Euboea

Story

Black and white photograph of the abandoned stone settlement of Anavatos on Chios.

Anavatos and Smaragda PapastylianouAnavatos → Chios → Northern Aegean → Aegean

Traditional dress

A woman spinning inside a local home, wearing the local costume of Salamina.

A woman in the local dress of Salamina, inside a local home.Salamina → Saronic Gulf → Attica → Sterea Ellada

Place

During the chirosfaya on the island of Andros

Story

Black and white photograph of a man dancing inside Theoklitos Café while Theo sings in the background.

Theoklitos: A Hidden Café in PiraeusPiraeus → Attica → Sterea Ellada

Traditional dress

Women wearing the local costumes of Martino, Lokris, standing by the hot springs in Kammena Vourla

Costumes of MartinoMartino → Phthiotis → Sterea Ellada

Traditional dress

Women wearing the local costumes of Markopoulo in Attica, inside a local orthodox church

Costumes of MarkopouloMarkopoulo → Attica → Sterea Ellada

Music

Cover artwork for Kavontoritikos

KavontoritikosEuboea

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Place

Three women wearing the local costumes of Perachora, Corinth, at a local hill with a mountain top behind them

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