Balafas Kostas
Personal exhibitions (national or international) / Artwork Other activities Other information
Year of birth: 1920
Place of birth:Kipseli, Arta
Personal exhibitions (national or international) / Artwork
1939 –1940: Photographs of the Second World War
1941-1944: Photographs of Civil War, as he was one of the partisans
2001: Photo Exhibition, “The Greek mother from the photographic lens of Kosta Balafa”, organization of Leica Academy.
2002: “Faces in the shadow”
Sixty six photos of three very important photographers, Voula Papaioannou, Dimitris Charisiadis and Kostas Balafas, that they salvage with their photos the difficult moments of 1940-1960 in Greece, Photographic Archive of Beneki Museum
2002-2003: “Acheloos” s counterweight streams”
Photography Museum of Thessaloniki
2003: “Photographic Memories of Contemporary Greece”
Photos from Post war period of Greece. During the exhibition, view winning digital documentary “ the Photographer, the man and his place” of G. Scopetea
2004 : “Women from Epirus”, Cultural Centre of Dourouti Monastery, University of Ioannina
2005-2006: “Metsovo”, Exhibition Hall of Conference Centre “Diaselo”, Metsovo
Photos collection since 1960 from his album “Metsovo lost”.
2006: “Photo Tour in Athos, 1969-2001”, organization of Benaki Museum with cooperation of Agioreitiki Foto Gallery
2006: “Photographic Memories of Modern Greek”, Events Hall at National bank of Greece in Nicosia
Other activities
Photo albums:
“Photographic Memories of Temporary Greece”, ed. Benaki Museum
“The Islands”: 300 black and white photos since 1950 -1970
“Metsovo”, ed. “Potamos. Photos from partisan’s civil war
“Meteora”, ed. Potamos
“Epirus”, ed. Potamos
“Partisan ‘s Civil War in Epirus”, Cooperation with Spiro Meletzi, the other photographer of the civil war.
Photo Tour in Athos, 1969-2001”, ed. Benaki Museum
"Tribute to mother”, Leica Academy Editions. Experiential considerations distinguished inside this pfoto album.
"Acheloos” s counterweight streams” , ed. Photography Museum of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 2002
Lectures:
Photography lectures
Lectures for our cultural heritage
Lectures for the Cinema
Other information
Kostas Balafas and Cinema.
1985: Palma Vera directed 30minutes documentary, with the title “Kostas Balafas”, for his life and his work. This film participated in Thessaloniki Festival of 1985 out of competition
1999: Digital 20 minutes documentary “The Photographer, the man and his place” of G. Scopetea. He win State distinction in Drama’s Festival at 1999
