Voula
Papaioannou
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She
was born in Lamia and she grew in Athens, where she watched
also courses of painting in the Technical University.
Her interest for the art is big and with her frequent
travels in the abroad and the visits in museums and exhibitions
she is informed for the figurative movement. Her pastime
with the photograph begins in big relatively age but
absorbs her absolutely. She begins photographing the
exhibits on behalf of the National archaeological Museum.
With the declaration of WW2 in 1940 she begins to photograph
social subjects and she continues also in the duration
of German Italian possession. With the cover of various
humanitarian delegates she photographs the horrible martyrdoms
of population, the infelicity, and the hungry children.
In 1945 she undertakes the address of photographic department
of UNRRA and photographs the hard conditions of existence
in the countryside. Her photographic work in the decade
' 40-'50 is one shocking social documentary. From there
and beyond and until her illness with her eyes forces
her to stop photography, the expressive force of her
photograph weakens and it is more of a beautiful tourist
version of Greece, a Greece poor but honest.
Her archive was given away in the Benaki museum in 1976.
Photos
by Voula Papaioannou
