10 photos of the Acropolis
From 1851 until today, the Acropolis, a unique subject to be captured but also "dangerous" because of its symbolism, has been loved by artists and photographers who have turned their photographic lens on it.
Voula Papaioannou: Acropolis Museum, Peplophore. Athens, 1935-39, Benaki Museum Photographic Archive
Dimitris Harisiadis:
Athinas Street with the Acropolis in the background. Athens, 1962, Benaki Museum Photographic Archive
Athinas Street with the Acropolis in the background. Athens, 1962, Benaki Museum Photographic Archive
Nikolaos Tombazis: Acropolis Museum, Zophoros Hall. Athens, July 1960, Benaki Museum Photographic Archive
Nelly’s: the Hungarian dancer Nikolska at the Parthenon. Athens, 1929, Benaki Museum Photographic Archive
Nelly’s: the performance of the Crows of Erechthion. Athens, circa 1930, Benaki Museum Photographic Archive
Nelly’s: part of the western frieze of the Parthenon with a representation of horses. Athens, 1932-1939, Benaki Museum Photographic Archive
Dimitrios Harisiadis: View of the Acropolis from the Temple of Olympian Zeus. Athens, June 1959, Benaki Museum Photographic Archive
Frédéric Boissonnas, The verdant Parisian area with the Olympiaeum and the Acropolis in the background, 1910. Photographic archive of the National Historical Museum.
Dimitrios Harisiadis. The Acropolis in the era of the antiquity. 1950. Benaki Museum photographic archive.
John Lambrou. Athens 1960s. Benaki Museum photographic archive.
This article was originally featured in LIFO’s 2009 Acropolis edition.