Box Cameras with an integrated darkroom started to appear in Greece around 1910 gaining a wide popularity in the 20s and 30s with photographers setting up their cameras in parks, beaches and other leisure areas where aspiring citizens could memorialize their weekend strolls and family outings. These Box Camera photographers, who were often called Dromos Photoraphos or Planadio, street photographers or street vendors.

By the 1950s amateur photography had become more popular locally in Greece so the demand dwindled. At the same time ID photographs were more and more in demand for administrative purposes and photographers had a new stream of revenue. Tourism picked up as well and Box Camera photographers could be seen on top pf the Acropolis until the late 1990s. As this style of photography lost its local costumers, with the rise of colour photography, and later on digital photography, they all eventually ran out of work or aged out.

20 years later we can value once again the beauty of this style of image making, with its manual labor and beautiful analog aesthetic. Our team is not only creating this experience for you. We are trying to revive Box Camera photography at large and recording oral history and creating a lasting archive.