PUBLICATIONS

This book presents largely unpublished material from the photographic archives of architect Aristotelis Zachos depicting Thessaloniki during the period 1912-17. It is prefaced by Museum director Prof. Angelos Delivorrias, and is accompanied by informative texts entitled “Thessaloniki through the lens of Aristotelis Zachos” by Associate Professor Maro Kardamitsi-Adami and a “Brief History” of Thessaloniki by Professor Nikolaos Moutsopoulos, known scholar of the architecture of Thessaloniki, who also contributed the captions to the 91 published photographs. As pointed out by Prof. Kardamitsi-Adami “…we believe that the camera eye of Aristotelis Zachos has a significant particularity. These are not themes that some photographer, known or not, has selected at random or on the basis of journalistic, social, or cultural criteria. The camera eye of Zachos is that of an architect. He focuses on the whole or on a detail, aiming each time to record the city, a monument, or a fountain so that it can be used as a feature in research and design. He does not try to beautify his theme, or play with shadows. His photographs are reminiscent of an architectural sketch, they are tools of his trade. At the same time, however, they have their own particular charm.”

Translation: Geoffrey Cox