Couple, Thessaly plain, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Entrance of Dimitris Letsios’ bakery, Iolkou Street, Volos, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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An important figure in postwar Greek photography, self-taught Letsios depicted mainly the landscape and common people of Thessaly, with an emphasis in the Pelion mountain, as well as Volos, his city of birth.
The wait, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Seafront, Volos, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Skyros, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Bus station, Larissa-Trikala national route, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Silo, Volos seafront, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Untitled, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Kastraki, Kalabaka, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Olives exportation, Afissos, Pelion, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Seafront, Volos, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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His work runs the traditions and popular art of the countryside in architecture, costumes, rituals during the postwar period, that were gradually marginalized by modernity.
Fashion demonstration, Koutsinas garment store, Volos, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, School class, Zagora, Pelion, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Church entrance, Drakia, Pelion, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Porta-Panagia, Trikala, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Fisherman, Trikeri, south Pelion, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Chamomile gathering, Thessaly plain, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Volos, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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His early ecological interests during the sixties led him to depict the drainage of lake Carla.
Fish shops, Iasonos street, Volos, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Skiathos, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Open bazaar, Volos, Dimitris Letsios, 1970, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Tempi valley, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Fodder haystack, Thessaly plain, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Portrait of woman, mountain landscape, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Thessaly plain, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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In his work Letsios has also consistently attempted to honor the perseverance of the Greek woman of the countryside after the war, often in conditions of deprivation and absolute poverty.
On the way to Skiathos, at the Kyknos prow, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Man of Pelion, Makrinitsa, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Ready-to-wear garment store, Volos, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, The sift of lentil, Thessaly plain, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Nikolas the bootblack, Volos, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Skiathos, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Untitled, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Instrument player, Agoriani, Thessaly plain, Dimitris Letsios, 1974, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Lake Carla, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Kastania, province of Karditsa, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Mountain landscape, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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The archive of Dimitris Letsios belongs to MOMus – Thessaloniki Museum of Photography.
Elderly figure, Thessaly plain, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Mountain hike, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Lake Carla after the drainage, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
, Metsovo, Dimitris Letsios, n.d. postwar period, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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