PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK

CARYATIS

A contemporary photographic study of women’s traditional dress across Greece.

About the project

Caryatis brings together directed black-and-white portraits of women in regional traditional dress. The work explores the relationship between dress, place, architecture and cultural memory.

Five women in formation on a boat, wearing the local urban dresses of Spetses at sea overlooking the Kapetaneika houses — On the boatSpetses, Saronic Gulf · 2021

Four women wearing the traditional costumes of Zagori, standing on a hill at Agios minas, overlooking the mountains of Papiggo — Papiggo mountainsAgios Minas, Epirus · 2024

Women wearing the local dressed of Trikeri in Magnesia, inside a traditional local house. — Sponge bearerTrikeri, Thessaly · 2021

Women wearing the rural local dresses inside a local home at the village of Lefki in Kastoria. — Rural dress of KastoriaLefki, Macedonia · 2020

An elderly woman holding a greek flag inside her home at Metaxades — Holding the flagMetaxades, Thrace · 2020

Bride and relatives outside a local house in Metaxades, wearing the local costumes. — Bridal partyMetaxades, Thrace · 2020

A woman wearing the urban dress of Pelion, sitting inside an old local house in Pinakates — Globe and iconsPinakates, Thessaly · 2021

The local women's costumes of Soufli, in Thrace, Greece. Black-and-white photography by George Tatakis — ConfrontationSoufli, Evros · 2025

A group of women wearing the local costumes of Agia Anna, Euboea, inside an old local basement — ArchesAgia Anna, Euboea · 2024

Four women wearing the local costumes of Tilos, stand at the beach of Eristos on the island — Costumes at EristosTilos, South Aegean · 2022

Ourania wearing the traditional Pontic costume in lake Kerkini. The lake is frozen. — Pontic costume in a frozen lakeKerkini, Macedonia · 2019

Six women wearing the costumes of Karagouna inside an old local Mansion in Glinos, Trikala — Inside snowGlinos, Thessaly · 2021

A woman wearing the local costume of Pogoni in the village of Delvinaki, standing inside a local building. — Dress in DelvinakiDelvinaki, Epirus · 2020

Three women wearing the local dresses of Symi, stand in formation on a boat before the sea — Symi islandSymi, South Aegean · 2022

Women wearing the local dresses of Platanos, Nafpaktia, inside a local house — By the mirrorPlatanos, Aetolia-Acarnania · 2022

Three women in the costumes of Central Corfu posing in formation inside the old fortress — FortressOld Fortress, Eptanese · 2022

A woman wearing an authentic costume of Archangelos, Rhodes, inside the local folklore museum — Costume of ArchangelosArchangelos, South Aegean · 2022

Zacharenia wearing traditional Sartza inside a local house. — Sartza dressAnogia, Crete · 2017

A woman wearing the costume of Afantou, Rhodes, against a floral wallpaper inside a local house — Floral wallpaperAfantou, South Aegean · 2022

A young woman wearing the local dress of Emponas, Rhodes, sitting by a loom inside the local folklore museum — By the loomEmponas, South Aegean · 2022

Women wearing the local costumes of Megara, Attica, posing inside a local abandoned house — House with fireplaceMegara, Attica · 2021

Woman wearing the costume of Kymi, Euboea, standing on a dock by the sea — At seaKymi, Euboea · 2023

Three women wearing the local costumes of Kyparissia, Peloponnese, standing outside ruined local houses — Around ruinsKyparissia, Messenia · 2024

A group of women wearing the costumes of Roumlouki in a field of tobacco in Meliki, Imathia — Tobacco fieldMeliki, Macedonia · 2021

The gramophone, Tegea — The gramophoneTegea, Peloponnese · 2022

A woman dressed in the traditional costume of Kalymnos, standing before the local castle of Chryssocherias. — Woman by a castleKalymnos, South Aegean · 2018

Four women, wearing the local dresses of Alagonia, photographed inside the church of Mardaki monastery — MardakiMardaki, Messenia · 2024

Two women wearing the local costume of Astypalaea, standing on a cliff overlooking the castle of Astypalaea — Astypalaea castleAstypalaea, South Aegean · 2022

Women wearing the local costumes of Nea Vyssa in Evros amongst corn in a field — At the cornfieldNea Vyssa, Thrace · 2020

Three women wearing the local dresses of the villages of the valley of Naoussa, inside a local house by the window — The old houseAggelochori, Macedonia · 2021

A woman in the traditional dress of Olympos standing inside a family home. — Diafani brideDiafani, South Aegean · 2016

A woman wearing the traditional costume of Geraki, Laconia, sitting inside an old abandoned local house — Among the framesGeraki, Peloponnese · 2022

Four women wearing the local dresses of Thymiana standing inside an old local house by a window and religious icons — The dark roomThymiana, Northern Aegean · 2021

Women wearing the costumes of Markopoulo, Attica standing outside a local tower — Local towerMarkopoulo, Attica · 2023

Women wearing the costumes of Sarakatsani in a forest in Karpenissi, Evrytania — Sarakatsani hutKarpenissi, Evrytania · 2023

A woman wearing the urban costume of Veria, sitting inside a local house, by the door. — Urban VeriaVeria, Macedonia · 2021

A woman wearing the local dress of Santorini, standing on a church dome in Oia, overlooking the Caldera. — Woman on a church domeOia, Cyclades · 2018

Three women wearing the costumes of Kostellides inside a house in Palatitsia, Imathia by a window, with a greek flag behind them. — KostellidesPalatitsia, Macedonia · 2021

Three women standing in formation, wearing the local costumes of Nenita, Chios, in front of skinos trees and ancient ruins — In the fieldNenita, Northern Aegean · 2021

Woman wearing the local costume of Nea Vyssa in Evros, sitting by the window inside a local home — By the windowNea Vyssa, Thrace · 2020

Six women inside an old house, wearing the local dresses of Olympoi, Chios — ConfrontationOlympoi, Northern Aegean · 2021

A group of women wearing the costumes of the nomadic group of vlachs, stand in a misty forest in Seli, Imathia — Vlachs in the mistSeli, Macedonia · 2021

Two women wearing the local costumes of Divri, sitting on a bed holding orthodox icons inside a local house — The iconsDivri, Phthiotis · 2022

A group of people wearing the costumes of the nomadic grouop of Sarakatsani at Gyftokampos by traditional huts — Sarakatsani generationsGyftokampos, Epirus · 2024

A veiled woman wearing the costume of Ermakia in an old abandoned local house — Ermakia brideErmakia, Macedonia · 2021

A young woman againsta the sun wearing the costume of Atalanti standing by the sea of Kammena Vourla — Winter seaAtalanti, Phthiotis · 2022

A group of people wearing the costumes of Pogoni, Epirus, inside a local house — House entrancePalaeopyrgos, Epirus · 2024

A woman in the bridal dress of Lefkada standing before local mountains with white cliffs — Lefkada portraitLefkada, Eptanese · 2022

A group of women wearing the costumes of Lefkada standing on a hill with white sand — Lefkada generationLefkada, Eptanese · 2022

Three women in the local dresses of Salamina, standing in a local alley. Bridal, engagement and everyday dresses. — Women in the Salamina dressesSalamina, Saronic Gulf · 2019

Five women inside an old abandoned local house, wearing the local costumes of Kardamyla, Chios — The old houseKardamyla, Northern Aegean · 2021

A veiled woman wearing the local bridal costume of Issaakio in Evros, inside a local bedroom — The bridal costumeIsaakio, Thrace · 2020

A group of people wearing the local costumes of Prespes lakes, Florina, stand in formation inside a local hay barn — In the barnPrespes, Macedonia · 2023

A woman and a man wearing the local costumes of Issaakion in Evros, standing on a ploughed field. The man is playing the traditional bagpipe. — The bagpipe playerIsaakio, Thrace · 2020

Women wearing the local urban dresses of Ioannina, Epirus, including the Pirpiri, inside a local town house — Woman with mirrorIoannina, Epirus · 2024

A group of people wearing the local costumes of Kladorachi in Florina, standing in an arrow formation in the snow — In the snowKladorachi, Western Macedonia · 2023