#Costas Balafas

[monogreek]

'Two pupils going home after school' (1960s, Metsovo-Greece)

by Costas Balafas (1920-2011)

[immemorymag]

Costas Balafas was born in 1917 into a farming family of the mountain village of Hosepsi (now named Kypseli) in Epirus (NW Greece). He attended high school in Athens and it was there that he used a camera for the first time on an excursion to Mt. Parnes.

For Kostas Balafas, humanity was the most fascinating theme in the world. For this reason, the first role in his photographs is always devoted to mankind; mankind facing periods of struggle and hardship, revelling in joy and laughter, enduring sadness and loss.

Throughout his work, his lens is turned not only to capture images of the quintessential moments that shape the lives of his subjects, but he is equally interested in the everyday tasks and events that too many people take for granted. Whatever the theme, it is the humanity of the scene that permeates his work.

[paolo-streito-1264]

Costas Balafas. Market day, Ioannina, Epirus Region, Greece, 1957.

[eclecticharmonytimemachine]

Costas Balafas  - Market day. Ioannina, Epirus region, Greece, 1957

[sophi-aubrey]

We would sleep and dream.

We would wake and tell

How we longed for the spring.

Smiles on our faces…

© Mary Oliver, Winter Sleep in Twelve Moons

Ph. Costas Balafas, 1970s

[attropin]

Winter, Metsovo 1970s by Costas Balafas

[edoardojazzy]

Greece, 1950s

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[yama-bato]

Costas Balafas

[gemsofgreece]

Greek monks by Costas Balafas.

[alatismeni-theitsa]

Costas Balafas, Ipiros

[monogreek]

Meteora (1976) by Costas Balafas (1920-2011)

[cocosse]

Easter in Greece | Photos by Cristina Garcia Rodero / Nikos Economopoulos / Constantine Manos / Zacharias Stellas / Costas Balafas / François Le Diascorn / George Dussaud, 1957- 2003 >

[paolo-streito-1264]

Costas Balafas. Untitled, 1970's.

[mygreekheart]

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[kvetchlandia]

Costas Balafas     Woman Anti-fascist Partisan, Epirus, Greece     c.1943

[exploretraveler]

Costas Balafas, hora_33

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