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Mykonos Robert A. McCabe

Mykonos By Robert A. McCabe

Mykonos by Robert A. McCabe


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Summary

Experience the unspoiled beauty and traditional culture of this legendary Greek island, as it was in the late 1950s.

Mykonos Summary

Mykonos: Portrait of a Vanished Era by Robert A. McCabe

There are hundreds of Greek islands. Why did Mykonos become, in just a few decades, one of the world's top vacation spots? Part of the answer can be found in these remarkable images, which show the natural beauty and traditional island culture that initially attracted artists, writers, and celebrities like Jackie Kennedy. These photographs, taken in 1955 and 1957 - many for National Geographic - re-create a daylong visit to Mykonos in the days before cars, running water, and electricity. We disembark in the Old Harbor and wander the picturesque streets of Chora (the main town), watching the townspeople at their daily tasks. We visit St. Panteleimon Monastery on a festival day, and take a caique (a traditional wooden boat) to see the ruins on the neighbouring island of Delos. Every photograph is reproduced as a full-page tritone of surpassing quality, and accompanied by a detailed caption. This book will fascinate modern-day visitors to Mykonos, as well as those who trace their roots to the Greek islands.

Mykonos Reviews

The most beautiful islands in Greece, before the Instagram crowds ruined them. Now synonymous with 'overtourism', Santorini and Mykonos could not have been more different in the Fifties. - Telegraph

About Robert A. McCabe

Robert A. McCabe was born in Chicago in 1934. He started taking photographs in 1939 with a Kodak Brownie given to him by his father, who published a tabloid newspaper in New York. In 1957, he photographed widely in the Cyclades at the request of the National Geographic Magazine, and he continues to photograph in Greece today. His fifteen published books encompass Greece, Cuba, China, Antarctica, and Central Park, and his forthcoming projects include The Last Monk of the Strofades, The Greeks and Their Seas, Santorini Before the Earthquake, Kasos 1965, A Portrait of Patmos, and The Waterways of France. He believes that photography is the perfect medium for what he calls poetic realism.

Additional information

GOR013426833
9780789213303
0789213303
Mykonos: Portrait of a Vanished Era by Robert A. McCabe
Used - Like New
Hardback
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
20190321
188
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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