In my recent post, Six Days in Athens, I mentioned seeing an exhibition of photographs by Robert McCabe. It marks the 180th anniversary of the Archaeological Society of Athens and runs at the Society’s headquarters until 31st October. High resolution scans and stunning digital prints have been made for the exhibition. The following background to McCabe is from the exhibition.
‘Robert McCabe has been actively photographing the antiquities of Greece since his first visit in the summer of 1954. His life in photography started in 1939 at the age of five in Rye, New York, when his father gave him a Kodak Brownie. Until an assignment from the National Geographic Magazine in 1957, he photographed almost exclusively in black-and-white, utilizing Kodak’s fine-grain Plus-X film.’
‘He has published more than 12 books, the majority relating to Greece but also encompassing Antarctica, New York’s Central Park, China and Havana. He believes that photography provides a unique medium for documenting an era, yet offers as well the opportunity to incorporate artistic and expressive elements.’
Photos: 1. Exhibition at Archaeological Society of Athens; 2 & 3. Acropolis, Athens and Delphi, Robert McCabe