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72:. In 1924, she came to Greece, where she adopted a naive nationalistic and conservative approach to her work. Her style coincided with the Greek state's need to produce an ideal view of the country and its people, for internal as well as external (tourism) purposes. In this respect Souyioultzoglou-Seraidari can be seen as the first Greek "national" advertiser, especially after her appointment as official photographer of the newly established Greek Ministry of Tourism. 83:(1936–1941), of which she was one of its most prolific photographers. In 1936, she photographed the Berlin Olympic Games. In 1939, she was commissioned with the decoration of the interior of the Greek pavilion at the New York's World Fair, which she did with gigantic collages expressing in an extremely selective manner the physical similarities between ancient and modern Greeks. 36:
adopted the diminutive "Nelly" for her professional society portrait work, and its genitive, "Nelly's", was incorporated in her decorative studio stamp, but at no time did she refer to herself as Nelly's; that version of her name was popularised by newspapers at the time of her rediscovery in the 1980s. She is now increasingly referred to, more correctly, as "Elli Seraidari".
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whose pictures of ancient Greek temples set against sea and sky backgrounds helped shaped the visual image of Greece in the Western mind (or, in a critical reading, the West's visual image of Greece in the Greek mind). There has been some confusion over how exactly she should be referred to. She
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she continued her commercial photographic portraiture and developed further in advertising photography as well as photo-reportages. She also maintained links with powerful Greeks including shipowners
98:. In fact, her work helped illustrate the ideologeme of the racial continuity of the Greeks since Antiquity, which was at the core of Metaxas' agenda (the so-called " 308: 156:, while in 1987 she was presented with an honorary diploma and medal by the Hellenic Centre of Photography and the government. In 1993, she was awarded the 323: 134: 333: 266: 133:
She travelled to Greece, for a very short time, in 1949 and finally returned on 2 March 1966 and lived, together with her husband
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by the president of the Greek Republic. In 1996, the Athens Academy presented her with its Arts and Letters Award.
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Article on Nelly's and the Greek pavilion at the 1939 New York's World Fair
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In 1985, Nelly's donated her photo archives and cameras to the
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in 1939, she decided not to return to Greece. In the
27:; 3 November 1899 – 8 August 1998), better known as 279:A page about Nelly's on the Benaki Museum website 285: 128: 75:At some point she was referred to as "the Greek 309:Recipients of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece) 267:Page about Nelly's work at the 1939 World Fair 324:Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Greece 182: 275:A micro-site showing some of Nelly's works 79:" because of her collaboration with the 200: 170: 286: 56:. She went on to study photography in 196: 194: 70:Greco-Turkish war (1919–1922) 13: 14: 345: 260: 191: 334:20th-century Greek photographers 121:and developed contacts with the 201:Leontis, Artemis (2009-04-30). 314:Greeks from the Ottoman Empire 243: 221: 25:Έλλη Σουγιουλτζόγλου-Σεραϊδάρη 17:Elli Sougioultzoglou-Seraidari 1: 204:Culture and Customs of Greece 129:Returning to Greece and death 44:She was born in Aidini (now 39: 7: 145:, and gave up photography. 100:Third Hellenic Civilization 10: 350: 105:While at New York for the 319:Greek women photographers 207:. ABC-CLIO. p. 216. 24: 183:Παναγιωτόπουλος, Νίκος. 94:regime, led by General 171:Notes and references 158:Order of the Phoenix 81:4th of August Regime 48:), near Smyrna (now 304:Greek photographers 229:"A.D. | ART-ATHINA" 33:female photographer 167:, Athens in 1998. 135:Angelos Seraidaris 86:As a Greek of the 329:People from Aydın 233:www.art-athina.gr 214:978-0-313-34297-4 119:Aristotle Onassis 341: 255: 254: 247: 241: 240: 235:. Archived from 225: 219: 218: 198: 189: 188: 180: 163:Nelly's died in 115:Stavros Niarchos 77:Leni Riefenstahl 26: 349: 348: 344: 343: 342: 340: 339: 338: 284: 283: 263: 258: 249: 248: 244: 227: 226: 222: 215: 199: 192: 181: 177: 173: 131: 96:Ioannis Metaxas 42: 12: 11: 5: 347: 337: 336: 331: 326: 321: 316: 311: 306: 301: 296: 282: 281: 276: 270: 262: 261:External links 259: 257: 256: 242: 239:on 2013-04-26. 220: 213: 190: 187:. pp. XX. 174: 172: 169: 130: 127: 41: 38: 31:, was a Greek 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 346: 335: 332: 330: 327: 325: 322: 320: 317: 315: 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 300: 297: 295: 292: 291: 289: 280: 277: 274: 271: 268: 265: 264: 252: 246: 238: 234: 230: 224: 216: 210: 206: 205: 197: 195: 186: 179: 175: 168: 166: 161: 159: 155: 151: 150:Benaki Museum 146: 144: 140: 136: 126: 124: 120: 116: 112: 111:United States 108: 103: 101: 97: 93: 89: 84: 82: 78: 73: 71: 67: 66:Franz Fiedler 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 37: 34: 30: 22: 18: 273:Nelly's Book 245: 237:the original 232: 223: 203: 178: 162: 147: 132: 107:World's Fair 104: 85: 74: 62:Hugo Erfurth 43: 28: 16: 15: 299:1998 deaths 294:1899 births 251:"Data gaps" 123:White House 288:Categories 165:Nea Smyrni 139:Nea Smyrni 54:Asia Minor 40:Biography 88:Diaspora 92:fascist 58:Germany 29:Nelly's 211:  154:Athens 143:Attica 60:under 137:, at 50:İzmir 46:Aydın 21:Greek 209:ISBN 117:and 64:and 152:in 102:". 52:), 290:: 231:. 193:^ 141:, 23:: 253:. 217:. 19:(

Index

Greek
female photographer
Aydın
İzmir
Asia Minor
Germany
Hugo Erfurth
Franz Fiedler
Greco-Turkish war (1919–1922)
Leni Riefenstahl
4th of August Regime
Diaspora
fascist
Ioannis Metaxas
Third Hellenic Civilization
World's Fair
United States
Stavros Niarchos
Aristotle Onassis
White House
Angelos Seraidaris
Nea Smyrni
Attica
Benaki Museum
Athens
Order of the Phoenix
Nea Smyrni
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