George Tatakis
George Tatakis
Oxy Publications
A contemporary photographic study of women’s traditional dress across Greece.
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08 — Cultural continuity
Caryatis brings contemporary portraiture into dialogue with material culture. Women are photographed in the traditional dress of their locality, in the places to which that dress belongs.
Clothing, gesture and setting become a way of looking at continuity: how regional identity, memory and ritual remain present in everyday life.
09 — In conversation
“Like the ancient Caryatids, George Tatakis’ Caryatids are not simply figures dressed in Greek traditional attire; they are figures that carry weight, memory, silence, and historical continuity.”
EVGENIA KARELIA
President, Lykeion ton Ellinidon Kalamatas
09 — In conversation
“His gaze is mature, almost voracious in its concentration on the essence of his subject. He does not rush to make an image, but waits for the right moment, the right light, the posture of the body that will reveal something more.”
ALEXANDRA RAPTI
Director, Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation
09 — In conversation
“The strongest impression is made by their gaze. Almost always direct and disarming, rarely oblique and suggestive, the gaze of these women burns a hole in the retina as the images flicker on the screen or give way one after the other across the page.”
YORGIS MANGINIS
Academic Director, Benaki Museum
10 — Physical presence
11 — The first edition
First edition
George Tatakis
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