9 – 25 January 2009 / Spazio Mazzotta, Milan, Italy

Exhibition curated by: Aggeliki Grammatikopoulou
Co-organization: General Consulate of Greece in Milan / Hellenic Culture Organization / TMP

The 28 works of the exhibition have been bestoued to the TMP collection by the Hellenic Culture Organization. The whole of the exhibition has already been presented in New York, Berlin and London, while the particular selection has been presented also in Paris.

This exhibition is one of the greatest photographic commissions, which marked the history of photo reportage in Greece. Twelve Magnum photographers of international status, coming from six various countries around the world came to Greece, shortly before the Olympic Games 2004. They created an identity of Greece that goes beyond the stereotypic views of the country. (B. Gilden, N. Economopoulos, C. Manos, R. Kalvar, M. Rio Branco, A. Webb, C. de Keyzer, M. Power, J. Koudelka, J. Goldberg, P. Zachmann, L. Sarfati).

The exhibition is presented as part of the Festival “Milan meets Greece”, under the auspices of the General Consulate of Greece in Milan.