Spiros Skiadopoulos

Kostas Balafas and his Greece: Philosophy and inspiration

Feature Articles Spiros Skiadopoulos - 5 January 2018

Dragan Novakovic's evocative images from Northern England published two days ago reminded me of this article by Spiros Skaidopoulos which first appeared on Macfilos just two years ago. Since then our readership has grown significantly and there must be many who have not seen the wonderful work of Kostas Balafas.....

Kostas Balafas and his Greece: Seventy years of photography

Feature Articles Spiros Skiadopoulos - 18 January 2016

Kostas Balafas has been a leading name in Greek and world photographic circles for over 70 years. His artistic work is universally admired and much has already been written on this subject. Yet it is also interesting to learn a little more about the man himself. By understanding something of his personal philosophy, as he lived, as he drew his own inspiration, we are better able to view his work with new insight and within the context of a tumultuous century in the history of the Greek nation.

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