Benaki
Museum ATHENS | GREECE
SEPTEMBER
15, 2017-NOVEMBER 12, 2017
The
exhibition is dedicated to the city of Athens in 1917, with rare visual
material originating from the photographic service of the allied expeditionary
force, which operated in the Balkans during the First World War and is known as
the "Army of the Orient".
A hundred
years ago, during 1917, French photographers and filmmakers of the "Army
of the Orient" made numerous still or moving pictures of Athens. These are
rare aspects and images of the city, forgotten or lost over the years, and this
is the first time this extremely rich visual material of the city’s daily life,
its monuments, its streets and corners, is displayed.
The
exhibition offers a view of Athens through the eyes and the quests of these
foreign soldiers. It tries to point and highlight these aspects that caught
their interest and formed their basic source of inspiration.
Address:
1 Koumbari
Street , Athens, Greece 106 74
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