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Metsovo 1900 photography exhibition
How would you imagine daily life in the mountainous communities of Epirus in the early 20 century?
Baron Michael Tossizza Foundation in collaboration with the Museum of Greek Folk Art organize a photography exhibition under the title "Metsovo 1900" at the Bath House of the Winds till the 14th June 2015. The exhibition is a journey to the time and to the lives of people who lived in Epirus and the Pindus region at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibition aims to introduce the viewer on how new values and habits were embraced by the Pindus mountain range communities and transformed them keeping though their principles of solidarity, self-governance, education and patronage "untouched".
"Metsovo 1900" is based on an innovative project idea founded by the Baron Michael Tossizza Foundation for the Metsovo Folk Art Museum and developed by photographer Myrto Papadopoulos in collaboration with historian Christina Koulouri (Panteion University of Athens). Myrto with her photographic lens reenacts everyday life in Metsovo in the 1900s. An online platform was created in the Metsovo Folk Art Museum website where you can browse the whole project material. All the photographs were taken in various locations at Metsovo in December 2014 and the online version includes smart info pointers with archival text, images and book references explaining traditions, habits and social/ family hierarchy. The exhibition is accompanied by a short documentary based on photographs and films of the early 20th century, which offers a brief introduction to the history of Metsovo.
According to our information the photography exhibition of Myrto Papadopoulos (Metsovo 1900) will also be presented in Metsovo within 2015. Exhibition dates and location will soon be announced.
© Tossizza Foundation / Myrto Papadopoulos
© Tossizza Foundation / Myrto Papadopoulos
© Tossizza Foundation / Myrto Papadopoulos
© Tossizza Foundation / Myrto Papadopoulos
© Tossizza Foundation / Myrto Papadopoulos
© Tossizza Foundation / Myrto Papadopoulos
About the artist
Myrto Papadopoulos (b. 1978, Athens) finished her studies in 2003 after completing a five-year Fine Arts degree, majored in painting and photography. In 2006, she applied for a photojournalism degree at the ICP (International Centre of Photography), where she was granted a scholarship and in 2007 she participated at the Eddie Adams workshop in NY.
She has won various awards and nominations and in 2013 she was a winner and named emerging photographer 2013 from the Magenta Foundation. She has taken part in several exhibitions including the Mois off de la photo 08 in Paris, the PHOTOQUAI 2em Biennal Du Monde 09 at the Museé Quai Branly in Paris the New York photo Festival 09, the Biennale of young artists of Europe XIV bjcem 09, the LOOK3 Between Festival 2010 USA, the DUMBO Arts Festival 2011 in NY, the Athens Photo Festival 2011, 2012, the Flash Forward Exhibition 2013, in Toronto and Washington DC and more.
Her clients include TIME, GEO International, Le Monde, DIE ZEIT, DAS Magazine, Neue Zuger Zeitung, Corriere della sera, EL Mundo, La Stampa, Diario, Vision Magazine, K magazine Kathimerini) among others. Today she works as a freelance photographer and a filmmaker and is represented by Redux Pictures in NY.
