Tzeli Hadjidimitriou
Encyclopedia
Tzeli Hadjidimitriou is a Greek
photographer and writer
. She is specialized in landscape, interiors, archaeological and art works photography. She writes travel guide books and articles.
, Lesbos in 1962 from a family of primary school teachers.
Since 1986 she holds a degree in Economics
from the University of Thessaloniki.
In 1984 she received a diploma in Italian Language and Culture from the Istituto Italiano di Cultura
in Thessaloníki and in 1986 followed with a master from Casa d'Italia in Athens making her an official translator for the Italian language (Greek-Italian)
In 1986 she moved to Rome where she studied for two years Direction of Photography for the Cinema followed in 1985 by different seminars on cinema taught by Michelangelo Antonioni
. The seminar attendance was sponsored by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
in Milano.
Back in Greece in 1988 she completed successfully the first course offered in Greece for film editing
run in collaboration with the ERT
.
She worked for ten years in television and in the cinema as movie stills photographer working for different Greek directors. Among other she worked for Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tassos Boulmetis, Giorgos Panousopoulos
, Giorgos Tsemperopoulos, Dimitris Vernikos and Anna Kessissoglou.
She contributes regularly to different newspapers and magazines among them Geotropio (Eleftherotypia
), Elliniko Panorama, Elle
Greece, National Geographic Greece, Cup, Coffee and Tea, Voyager. She also edits the publications containing her photographs.
Articles on Hadjidimitriou's works has been published by many of the major Greek magazines and newspapers.
Kathimerini
, (7 December 1998); (15 Jennuary 2001); (20 August 2006)
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
photographer and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. She is specialized in landscape, interiors, archaeological and art works photography. She writes travel guide books and articles.
Biography
Tzeli Hadjidimitriou was born in MytileneMytilene
Mytilene is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is the capital of the island of Lesbos. Mytilene, whose name is pre-Greek, is built on the...
, Lesbos in 1962 from a family of primary school teachers.
Since 1986 she holds a degree in Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
from the University of Thessaloniki.
In 1984 she received a diploma in Italian Language and Culture from the Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is a worldwide non-profit organization created by the Italian government. It promotes Italian culture and is involved in the teaching of the Italian language, it is similar to the French Alliance Française, the Spanish Cervantes Institute, the British Council and...
in Thessaloníki and in 1986 followed with a master from Casa d'Italia in Athens making her an official translator for the Italian language (Greek-Italian)
In 1986 she moved to Rome where she studied for two years Direction of Photography for the Cinema followed in 1985 by different seminars on cinema taught by Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer.- Personal life :...
. The seminar attendance was sponsored by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is a privately-owned Catholic university founded in 1921 by Agostino Gemelli. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy with satellite campuses in Brescia, Piacenza, Cremona, Rome, and Campobasso...
in Milano.
Back in Greece in 1988 she completed successfully the first course offered in Greece for film editing
Film editing
Film editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking. It involves the selection and combining of shots into sequences, and ultimately creating a finished motion picture. It is an art of storytelling...
run in collaboration with the ERT
Elliniki Radiofonia Tileorasi
The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation is the Greek state-owned public radio and television broadcasting corporation. It is a member of EBU.Since 70's ERT is part of the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by EBU...
.
She worked for ten years in television and in the cinema as movie stills photographer working for different Greek directors. Among other she worked for Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tassos Boulmetis, Giorgos Panousopoulos
Giorgos Panousopoulos
Giorgos Panousopoulos is a Greek cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. He worked on 37 films between 1964 and 2004. His 1985 film Mania was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.-External links:...
, Giorgos Tsemperopoulos, Dimitris Vernikos and Anna Kessissoglou.
She contributes regularly to different newspapers and magazines among them Geotropio (Eleftherotypia
Eleftherotypia
Eleftherotypia is a daily newspaper published in Athens . It is one of the most widely circulated newspapers in the country. Eleftherotypia also publishes a Sunday edition Kyriakatiki Eleftherotypia . It was first published in 1975. Breaking the trend of Greek press, it was originally owned by its...
), Elliniko Panorama, Elle
Elle (magazine)
Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...
Greece, National Geographic Greece, Cup, Coffee and Tea, Voyager. She also edits the publications containing her photographs.
Articles on Hadjidimitriou's works has been published by many of the major Greek magazines and newspapers.
Photographic books
All books are bilingual English and Greek although some are available with the dust cover only in one of the two languages:- Time fading into clouds | O χρόνος χάθηκε στα σύννεφα. Texts from: N. Vatopoulos, N. Chronas, Tz. Hadjidimitriou, Metaichmio, 2003, ISBN 9603756342 http://www.artaz.gr/eng/hadjidimitriou.html
- Kythera | Kύθηρα. Crete University Press, 2000, ISBN 9605241196 http://www.fotoart.gr/gallery/hadjidimitriou/kethera/1.htm
- Urban Housing of the '30s ; Modern Architecture in Pre-war Athens | Σπίτια του '30, Mοντέρνα αρχιτεκτονική στην προπολεμική Aθήνα. Texts from: M. Kardamitsi, N. Meras, P. Nikolaidis, P. Tournikiotis, M. Philippidis, D. Philippidis, Nereus Editions, 1998, ISBN 960-7597-11-7
- 39 Coffee Houses and a Barber's shop | 39 Kαφενεία και ένα Kουρείο. Texts from: A. Fasianos, F. Frangouli, G Chronas, E. Papataxiarchis, G. Nikolakakis, Th. Paraskevaidis, Crete University Press, 1997, ISBN 9605240440 http://www.cup.gr/en/catalogue/book.asp?bookID=268
- Sacred Water: The Mineral Springs of Lesvos | Tο Aγιο Nερό: Oι Iαματικές Πηγές της Λέσβου. Texts from: G. Maniotis, G. Doukakis, Tz. Hadjidimitriou, 1996, ISBN 960-90330-0-8 http://www.fotoart.gr/gallery/hadjidimitriou/sacredwater/1.htm
Travel guide book
Ανεξερεύνητη Λέσβος (Uncharted Lesvos), research, photography and text by Tzeli Hadjidimitriou, Road Editions, 2006. ISBN 9608189772 Ανεξερεύνητα Αντικύθηρα, Κύθηρα (Unexplored Antikythera, Kythera), research, photography and text by Tzeli Hadjidimitriou, Road Editions, 2008.Solo exhibitions
- Time fading into clouds, at Choros Technis 24 Gallery, AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, 04 - 31 October 2004. - A Journey in Kythera, audio & video show at the Cultural Centre of Nea SmyrniNea SmyrniNea Smyrni is a southern suburb of Athens, Greece. Nea Smyrni is located about 5 km SW of downtown Athens, about 5 km SW of Kifissias Avenue, W of Vouliagmenis Avenue, about 6 km E of Piraeus, and NE of Poseidonos Avenue....
, Athens, in cooperation with the network Mediterranean S.O.S., 2002. - The Sacred Water, at the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest with pictures from the book. 2000.
- The Sacred Water and of 39 Coffee Houses and a Barber’s Shop, slide presentation of the two books at PetraPetra, LesbosPetra is a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit...
, Lesvos, 1998. - The colour of Greece, in the Municipal Gallery of Molyvos, Lesvos, 17–27 June 1997.
- La Grecia vista dalla finestra, (Greece seen from the window):
- in Centro Culturale La Plaka (La Plaka cultural centre), Padova, Italy 11–30 November 1995.
- in the Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini (Institute of Byzantine Studies), in Venezia, from 3 March 1996.
Group exhibitions
- Dancing nudes at Al Iquando Gallery, Paris, France, 2009
- mommy art ’08 – the artAZ sessions no 2, mommy, Athens, 2008
- Presentation of the slide show Sacred Water at the Wind’s Hammam in cooperation with the network “Mediterranean S.O.S.”, Athens, 2008.
- Once upon a time there was Penelope Delta, Athens College, Athens, 2006.
- A Table, Skoufa gallery, Athens, 2005.
- Aquarium, at Saint Nicolas Bay Hotel, Saint Nicolas, Crete, 2005.
- Zoom on Greece, at Sismanogleio Building in Konstantinople, Turkey, 2004
- In conjunction with the Cheap Art Team different exhibitions in Athens, 2004.
- A little blue...., at Saint Nicolas Bay Hotel, Saint Nicolas, CreteCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
, 2004. - In Praise of the Olive organized by the Academy of Athens, 2004.
- Joining the Girl Power Team and participating in the events organized in cooperation with the Greek Anticancer Society and the Municipality of Athens. 2003.
- Participation in the Kythera Photographic Encounters, 2002.
- Water of life, participation in the celebrations of the European Heritage DaysEuropean Heritage DaysEuropean Heritage Days is a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission involving all 50 signatory states of the European Cultural Convention under the motto, Europe: a common heritage. The annual programme offers opportunities to visit buildings, monuments and sites, many of...
, 2000. - 2000 Tin Cans, at The Lithographer’s Workshop at Piraeus Street, Athens, 2000.
- 39 Coffee Houses and a Barber Shop, based on her book with the participation of several artists, at Psihari 36 Gallery, Athens, 2000.
- Mediterranean, A Source of Life and Civilization, in cooperation with the network Mediterranean S.O.S. several Greek towns and Mediterranean countries, 1999.
- Piraeus Street, Transformations of an Industrial Landscape, Athens, 1997.
- Aegean Trajectories in Light and Time, Skopelos Photographic Centre, SkopelosSkopelosSkopelos , ancient Peparethos or Peparethus , is a Greek island in the western Aegean Sea. Skopelos is one of several islands which comprise the Northern Sporades island group. The island is located east of mainland Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea and is part of the Thessaly Periphery....
, 1997.
Articles
Over the years articles on Hadjidimitriou's works had been published by many newspapers and magazines. Here the more interesting.Kathimerini
Kathimerini
I Kathimerini is a daily morning newspaper published in Athens. It is published in the Greek language, as well as in an abridged English-language edition. The English edition is sold separately in the United States and as a supplement to the International Herald Tribune in Greece and Cyprus. On 2...
, (7 December 1998); (15 Jennuary 2001); (20 August 2006)
- Ta NeaTa NeaTa Nea is a daily newspaper published in Athens, owned by Lambrakis Press Group that also publishes the newspaper To Vima. It is a traditional center-left friendly newspaper and has strongly supported PASOK, the Greek Socialist Party in the 1980s and 1990s...
, (20 October 2004) - EleftherotypiaEleftherotypiaEleftherotypia is a daily newspaper published in Athens . It is one of the most widely circulated newspapers in the country. Eleftherotypia also publishes a Sunday edition Kyriakatiki Eleftherotypia . It was first published in 1975. Breaking the trend of Greek press, it was originally owned by its...
,(29 December 2003) - To VimaTo VimaTo Vima is a Greek daily newspaper first published in 1922 by Dimitris Lambrakis, the father of Christos Lambrakis. It is owned by Lambrakis Press Group, a group which also publishes the newspaper Ta Nea, amongst others in its fold of publications...
, on the publication of 39 Coffee Houses and a Barber's shop (1 March 1998) (24 April 2000) - Dimokratis, (23 April 2007)