Leonidas Papazoglou

(1872-1918)

By MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Leonidas Papazoglou was born in Kastoria and apprenticed at a photography studio in Istanbul.

Armenian soldiers of the Ottoman army in Kastoria, 1911, Leonidas Papazoglou, 1911, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

The rabbi of Kastoria, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Imposing modern European dresses on either side of the traditional costume of Kastoria, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Woman from Klissoura, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Wedding in Kastoria in front of the Tsakalis mansion in the Doltso quarter (Period 1898-1918) by Leonidas PapazoglouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Upon his return he became an itinerant photographer serving the needs of Kastoria town and its provinces, along with his brother Pantelis, until his premature death of Spanish flu in 1918.

Burial of a priest in a village (Period 1898-1918) by Leonidas PapazoglouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Man and youth dressed as a Greek guerilla fighter of the Macedonian Struggle, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Family from Kastoria, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Woman from Klissoura holding a parasol, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Comitadjis, photographed probably at the time of the Bulgarian uprising of Ilinden, summer 1903, Leonidas Papazoglou, 1903, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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His powerful portraits, most often taken in open spaces with a portable backdrop, present the regional mosaic of ethnicities and religions at the turmoil of the first two decades of the twentieth century.

Armed man wearing a fustanella, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Father and daughter, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Sisters from Kastoria, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Woman, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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They also offer valuable information for the traditional costumes of the various communities and the penetration of contemporary European customs, under the influence of the commercial routes.

Girl with congenital deformity of the left hand, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Youths with mandolins, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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Old woman, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Old man from Kastoria, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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The Kastorian banker Dimitrios Mavrovitis, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Turkish artillery officer and armed Albanian, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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A group of young Turks (Period 1898-1918) by Leonidas PapazoglouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

The print belongs to the MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography collection. The original glass plates, accordingly, to the George Golobias archive.

Armed man, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Father and son, Leonidas Papazoglou, Period 1898-1918, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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The mufti of Kastoria with his daughter (Period 1898-1918) by Leonidas PapazoglouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

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