Book launch | Effy Alexakis: Forty Photos – A Year at a Time

The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens hosts a book launch of “Effy Alexakis: Forty Photos – A Year at a Time”. Attendees will have the opportunity to join a conversation between photographer Effy Alexakis, Leonard Janiszewski (co-creator with Effy of Greek Cafés & Milk Bars of Australia) and Richard Neville, Mitchell Librarian and member of the Executive at the State Library of NSW.

Forty Photos – A Year at a Time will be launched by the Consul General of Greece in Sydney, Ioannis Mallikourtis.

Documentary photographer Effy Alexakis has been recording the Greek-Australian community for forty years, in partnership with historian Leonard Janiszewski. In 2022 she accessed her vast archive on the Greek-Australian experience and selected one contemporary image, together with its associated story, to represent each year since 1982. Her aim was to reveal the changing face of Greek-Australians.

Each photograph evidenced salient aspects significant to the personal journey of the photographer and her evolving understanding of her community and heritage – both within Australia and overseas – and in so doing, provides a unique visual insight into the ongoing story of one of the most emblematic sociocultural groups within the flux and challenges of a contemporary multicultural society.

The exquisitely designed hardcover book features Alexakis' ongoing documentary work and personal photographic aesthetic, an introductory text by the photographer, and two engaging essays offering insights into the national significance of her visual journey – the first essay is written by Richard Neville, Mitchell Librarian, State Library of NSW; the second by historian and project partner, Leonard Janiszewski.

24 May 2023 | 6:00 for 6:30pm

Chau Chak Wing Museum University Place Camperdown, NSW 2006


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