ÖÙÔÏÃÑÁÖÉÊÇ ÅÊÈÅÓÇ

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

3/4 — 24/5/2009

ÌÏÕÓÅÉÏ ÌÁÑÌÁÑÏÔÅ×ÍÉÁÓ ÐÕÑÃÏÓ, ÔÇÍÏÓ, ÔÇË. 22830 31290

MUSEUM OF MARBLE CRAFTS PYRGOS, TINOS, ÔEL. 22830 31290

ÅUGENIE COUMANTAROS

¿ñåò ëåéôïõñãßáò Opening hours 10:00 - 18:00

Pantone 5783

Coated paper

This collection of photographs was created between 2000-2009 in the Kato Meri of Tinos, a group of Catholic villages in the central eastern part of the island. A Humble Paradise pays tri-bute to a rural lifestyle that is gradually disap-pearing, unnoticed, in Tinos, across the Cycla-des, and throughout Greece. These images depict the geometry of the terraced hills, the stunning simplicity of the local architecture, the humanity and tenderness of the farmers, and their poetic coexistence with their animals; most importantly, the photographs look to the future, beckoning the viewer to preserve the beauty of this handmade, majestic landscape.

Ç óõãêåêñéìÝíç óõëëïãÞ öùôïãñáöéþí äçìéïõñ-ãÞèçêå ôï äéÜóôçìá 2000-2009 óôá ÊÜôù ÌÝñç ôçò ÔÞíïõ, ìéáò ðåñéï÷Þò êáèïëéêþí ÷ùñéþí óôá êåíôñéêÜ êáé áíáôïëéêÜ ôïõ íçóéïý. Ο Ταπεινός Παράδεισος áðïäßäåé öüñï ôéìÞò óôïí áãñïôéêü ôñüðï æùÞò ðïõ âáèìéáßá êáé áíåðáßóèçôá ÷Üíåôáé óôçí ÔÞíï, óôéò ÊõêëÜäåò, óå üëç ôçí ÅëëÜäá. Ïé åéêüíåò áõôÝò ðåñéãñÜöïõí ôç ãåùìåôñßá ðïõ Ý÷ïõí ïé ðåæïýëåò óôïõò ëüöïõò, ôçí áñìïíéêÞ ëéôüôçôá ôçò ôïðéêÞò áñ÷éôåêôïíéêÞò, ôçí áíèñùðéÜ êé åõáéóèçóßá ôùí ÷ùñéêþí êáé ôçí ðïéçôéêÞ ôïõò óõíýðáñîç ìå ôá æþá ôïõò. ÐÜíù áðü üëá, ïé öù-ôïãñáößåò óôñÝöïíôáé óôï ìÝëëïí, ðñïêáëþíôáò ôïí èåáôÞ íá äéáôçñÞóåé ôçí áõèåíôéêÞ ïìïñöéÜ áõôïý ôïõ «÷åéñïðïßçôïõ» ôïðßïõ.

Ç Åõãåíßá ÊïõìáíôÜñïõ åßíáé ðôõ÷éïý÷ïò ÁããëéêÞò Öéëïëïãßáò êáé Öùôïãñáößáò ôïõ Ðáíåðéóôçìßïõ Princeton. Ôï 1989, ìåôÜ áðü äéåôÞ åðáããåëìáôéêÞ åìðåéñßá ùò âïçèüò öùôïãñÜöùí ôïõ ðñáêôïñåßïõ Magnum ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò, åãêáôáóôÜèçêå óôçí ÁèÞíá üðïõ áó÷ïëÞèçêå ìå öùôïãñáöÞóåéò ãéá ôïí åëëçíéêü ôýðï. ÕðÞñîå éäñõôéêü ìÝëïò ôïõ áããëü-öùíïõ ðåñéïäéêïý Odyssey êáé óõíåñãÜóôçêå ìå åëëçíéêÝò åôáéñßåò ãéá ôï ó÷åäéáóìü êáé ôçí ðáñá-ãùãÞ åôÞóéùí áðïëïãéóìþí êáé Üëëùí åôáéñéêþí åíôýðùí. Óôçí ðñüóöáôç äïõëåéÜ ôçò ç öùôïãñáößá ëåéôïõñãåß ùò ìÝóï ôåêìçñßùóçò ôçò æùÞò äéáöü-ñùí êïéíïôÞôùí êáé áðïôýðùóçò ôïðßùí óôçí ÅëëÜäá. Ðåñéóóüôåñåò öùôïãñáößåò ôçò ìå èÝìáôá áðü ôçí ÔÞíï: www.ophioussa.com

Eugenie Coumantaros graduated from Princeton University in 1987 and then assisted Magnum photographers for two years in New York. Since 1989 she has been living and working in Athens. She has photographed and written documentary essays for the Greek press, helped to found the english-language magazine Odyssey and pro-duced annual reports and corporate brochures for greek companies. She currently has returned to her personal work in documentary photography. More of her images from Tinos can be viewed at www.ophioussa.com

Âéïãñáößá / Biography

ÖÙÔÏÃÑÁÖÉÊÇ ÅÊÈÅÓÇ

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

3/4 — 24/5/2009

ÌÏÕÓÅÉÏ ÌÁÑÌÁÑÏÔÅ×ÍÉÁÓ ÐÕÑÃÏÓ, ÔÇÍÏÓ, ÔÇË. 22830 31290

MUSEUM OF MARBLE CRAFTS PYRGOS, TINOS, ÔEL. 22830 31290

ÅUGENIE COUMANTAROS

¿ñåò ëåéôïõñãßáò Opening hours 10:00 - 18:00

Pantone 5783

Coated paper

This collection of photographs was created between 2000-2009 in the Kato Meri of Tinos, a group of Catholic villages in the central eastern part of the island. A Humble Paradise pays tri-bute to a rural lifestyle that is gradually disap-pearing, unnoticed, in Tinos, across the Cycla-des, and throughout Greece. These images depict the geometry of the terraced hills, the stunning simplicity of the local architecture, the humanity and tenderness of the farmers, and their poetic coexistence with their animals; most importantly, the photographs look to the future, beckoning the viewer to preserve the beauty of this handmade, majestic landscape.

Ç óõãêåêñéìÝíç óõëëïãÞ öùôïãñáöéþí äçìéïõñ-ãÞèçêå ôï äéÜóôçìá 2000-2009 óôá ÊÜôù ÌÝñç ôçò ÔÞíïõ, ìéáò ðåñéï÷Þò êáèïëéêþí ÷ùñéþí óôá êåíôñéêÜ êáé áíáôïëéêÜ ôïõ íçóéïý. Ο Ταπεινός Παράδεισος áðïäßäåé öüñï ôéìÞò óôïí áãñïôéêü ôñüðï æùÞò ðïõ âáèìéáßá êáé áíåðáßóèçôá ÷Üíåôáé óôçí ÔÞíï, óôéò ÊõêëÜäåò, óå üëç ôçí ÅëëÜäá. Ïé åéêüíåò áõôÝò ðåñéãñÜöïõí ôç ãåùìåôñßá ðïõ Ý÷ïõí ïé ðåæïýëåò óôïõò ëüöïõò, ôçí áñìïíéêÞ ëéôüôçôá ôçò ôïðéêÞò áñ÷éôåêôïíéêÞò, ôçí áíèñùðéÜ êé åõáéóèçóßá ôùí ÷ùñéêþí êáé ôçí ðïéçôéêÞ ôïõò óõíýðáñîç ìå ôá æþá ôïõò. ÐÜíù áðü üëá, ïé öù-ôïãñáößåò óôñÝöïíôáé óôï ìÝëëïí, ðñïêáëþíôáò ôïí èåáôÞ íá äéáôçñÞóåé ôçí áõèåíôéêÞ ïìïñöéÜ áõôïý ôïõ «÷åéñïðïßçôïõ» ôïðßïõ.

Ç Åõãåíßá ÊïõìáíôÜñïõ åßíáé ðôõ÷éïý÷ïò ÁããëéêÞò Öéëïëïãßáò êáé Öùôïãñáößáò ôïõ Ðáíåðéóôçìßïõ Princeton. Ôï 1989, ìåôÜ áðü äéåôÞ åðáããåëìáôéêÞ åìðåéñßá ùò âïçèüò öùôïãñÜöùí ôïõ ðñáêôïñåßïõ Magnum ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò, åãêáôáóôÜèçêå óôçí ÁèÞíá üðïõ áó÷ïëÞèçêå ìå öùôïãñáöÞóåéò ãéá ôïí åëëçíéêü ôýðï. ÕðÞñîå éäñõôéêü ìÝëïò ôïõ áããëü-öùíïõ ðåñéïäéêïý Odyssey êáé óõíåñãÜóôçêå ìå åëëçíéêÝò åôáéñßåò ãéá ôï ó÷åäéáóìü êáé ôçí ðáñá-ãùãÞ åôÞóéùí áðïëïãéóìþí êáé Üëëùí åôáéñéêþí åíôýðùí. Óôçí ðñüóöáôç äïõëåéÜ ôçò ç öùôïãñáößá ëåéôïõñãåß ùò ìÝóï ôåêìçñßùóçò ôçò æùÞò äéáöü-ñùí êïéíïôÞôùí êáé áðïôýðùóçò ôïðßùí óôçí ÅëëÜäá. Ðåñéóóüôåñåò öùôïãñáößåò ôçò ìå èÝìáôá áðü ôçí ÔÞíï: www.ophioussa.com

Eugenie Coumantaros graduated from Princeton University in 1987 and then assisted Magnum photographers for two years in New York. Since 1989 she has been living and working in Athens. She has photographed and written documentary essays for the Greek press, helped to found the english-language magazine Odyssey and pro-duced annual reports and corporate brochures for greek companies. She currently has returned to her personal work in documentary photography. More of her images from Tinos can be viewed at www.ophioussa.com

Âéïãñáößá / Biography