PEOPLE POWER Platon
Portrait photographer Platon's first major museum retrospective in Athens, from world leaders and cultural icons to human rights defenders, plus photographs from Paros.
Més a Atenes
In the first section, Moammar Gadhafi, Benjamin Netanyahu and Elon Musk share the walls with Adele and Al Pacino, all in the sharp, unretouched close-ups of a photographer with more than 30 TIME covers. It is his biggest exhibition yet, and his first major one in Greece.
The second section goes back nearly four decades to Paros, where his family has roots. Against the white background that later became his signature, he photographed weathered faces, young women and landscapes from a way of life that has since changed. The museum sits on Pireos Street, the road down to the Paros ferry, and in November this is as far along it as you need to go.
Platon curated it himself. The Benaki's Giorgis Manginis calls it a show about people "and, inevitably, politics", and Platon says he is "not promoting anyone. Not even heroes". Tickets are 9 EUR (7 EUR reduced), online or at the door. It's open until 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, closed Monday to Wednesday.
Recomanació de la redacció
Gadhafi, Netanyahu and Elon Musk hang beside Adele and Al Pacino, all in unretouched close-ups by a photographer with more than 30 TIME covers. Then come early portraits from Paros, shot against the plain white he later used for presidents.
No et perdis
Presidents next to pop stars
Look in the first section for Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton and Moammar Gadhafi hung alongside Elon Musk, Adele and Al Pacino, each a tight, unretouched close-up.
The early Paros pictures
In the second section, weathered faces, young women and unspoilt island landscapes are shot against the plain white background Platon later used for world leaders.
Ideal per a
- Visites al vespre
- Dies de pluja
També a Benaki Museum Pireos 138
Ara a prop
A prop
Crèdits de les imatges
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- Vlasis Frissiras – Double Portrait: The Collector, the PainterCourtesy of Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre (Foundation of the Hellenic World)
- Gen X: Tales from the Forgotten GenerationCourtesy of DESTE Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art (Athens)
- Eugenia Vereli, Cycladic Café Art ProjectPhoto: Yannis Kouskoutis, © Museum of Cycladic Art
- Benaki Museum Pireos 138Courtesy of Benaki Museum Pireos 138
- Herakleidon MuseumGeorge E. Koronaios / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Benaki Museum of Islamic ArtGeorge E. Koronaios / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0