Many great artists in history have come to Greece to capture the magic, simplicity, and spirit of the Greek culture resting in the country’s landscapes.
Poet Lord Byron once declared “if I am a poet, the air of Greece has made me one.”
German surrealist photographer Herbert List also travelled to ‘the land of the Gods’ between 1937 and 1939 to photograph the famous past and people of the country.
Here is what he saw….
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- “Par delà la réalité” (Beyond reality), Athens, 1937.
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- Attica. Glifadha, near Sounion.
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- Antikythera, 1937.
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- Delos, 1937.
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- Cyclades. Island of Mykonos Church, 1937.
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- Beneath the Poseidon Temple, Sounion, 1938.
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- Goldfish bowl, Santorini.
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- Attica. Near Sounion. Self portrait in front of beach cafe, 1939.
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- Phaleron, 1939.
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- Thirst, Phaleron, 1939. (Close up)
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- Athens, 1937.
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- Youths, Island of Naxos, Cyclades, 1937.
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- Ruins of The Temple of Zeus, Athens, 1937.
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- Octopus, Corfu, 1938.
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- Statue and Temple of Apollo in the background, Corinth, Peloponnese, 1937.
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- Kleopatra`s house, Delos, 1937.
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- Young man with laurel over the eyes. Athens, 1936.
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- Peloponnese. Bourtzi Island, off Nauplia Terrace by the sea, 1937.
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