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hidden Myconos

THE AGE OF INNOCENCE

MYKONOS, 1955. PEOPLE CELEBRATING AT A LOCAL FEAST
IN ANO MERA. “One photo which moves me is the one with the dancers at a
local feast in Mykonos. It captured a perfect moment in the dance, so timeless, like
the figures embracing each other in Pompeii! I remember the priest who brought me «When I first visited the islands in 1954, by and large there were no telephones, no television, no running water, few roads, no electricity,
wine again and again - maybe this is why the photos are so vivid?” little concrete, no motor vehicles, no airports, no roll-on roll-off ferries and no tractors. Each island had to essentially live within its
Photos from the exhibition “Robert McCabe. Memories and monuments of the resources of arable land and water, supplemented by fishing and trade, and remittances from seamen and émigrés. There was equilibrium
Aegean,” hosted at the Museum of Cycladic Art, and from Robert McCabe’s in the lives of the islanders based on their available resources. Perhaps by scrutinizing life in the 1950s we can get unexpected insights
forthcoming book on Mykonos in the 1950s.
into some aspects of the life that human beings lived in the 3rd millennium B.C., and that is the goal of the images presented here».
Born in Chicago in 1934, the world renowned photographer Robert McCabe made his first visit to Greece in 1954. He was
instantly captivated by the country. He travelled extensively through the Aegean from 1954-1965 to fully document his
experiences, the people he met and the places he visited.

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