Boissonnas’ Mt. Athos photos in Sofia

A traveling exhibition dedicated to Swiss photographer Frédéric Boissonnas, whose work left a deep mark on the collective memory of the Greeks is making its Bulgarian debut on September 16. This display of a selection from the 400 photographs he took during his two visits, in 1928 and 1930, to the monastic communities of Mount Athos in northern Greece can be seen at the Sofia branch of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture until October 25, 2009.
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