Giorgos Machias presents his solo photography exhibition entitled “City of Characters.” It is a visual journey that explores the city as a living organism, full of personalities (not necessarily real ones!), traces, and stories.

The exhibition includes important archival material by Giorgos Machias, consisting of photographs that capture urban moments and corners of the city, reflecting the unique “psychology” of each street and building. The collection of these images from different periods focuses on the encounter between the everyday and the unexpected, illuminating small narratives that make up the collective identity of the urban landscape.

The city is full of characters – not only human ones, but also architectural, emotional and symbolic ones. Every corner has its own story, every shadow carries a memory.

The “City of Characters” invites viewers to wander through a new interpretation of Athens, rediscover its hidden secrets, and commune with its rhythm. Like another Metropolis, urban life accompanied by a camera was for the artist an act of daily observation and ultimately an act of getting to know the city from within. A confession of visual experiences that connects the past, present, and future of the city.

A Short Bio:

Giorgos Machias is a lecturer in the Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts at the University of West Attica.

He studied Graphic Arts at the Department of Graphic Arts Technology of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens (degree in 1988) and attended the Departments of Architectural Space Decoration and Design (1987) Visual Communication and Advertising (1992) at the Vakalo School.

He holds an MSc in Interactive Digital Multimedia (1999) from the University of Westminster in Great Britain.

He collaborated for many years with publishing houses, newspapers, and magazines as an editor, and from 1993 to 2008, he worked as a freelancer in image processing, multimedia application creation, corporate identity design, and print editing. He has participated in conferences in Greece and abroad, as well as in group photography and art exhibitions.