Kythera

06/04/09 There’s a lot going on tomorrow night but I’m going to try and catch this

Kythera

From the press release (pretty sure they meant to say the photographs and not the photographers will be available for purchase):

“Under the auspices of a J. William Fulbright grant, Williamson spent over a year living and photographing on the Greek island of Kythera . Over the years, Kythera has suffered through massive waves of emigration of its people in search of better opportunities abroad. These mass migrations have caused the population of Kythera to drop to a current mid-winter population of 2,500, leaving many villages laden with vacant homes and some completely abandoned. To the remaining Kytherians, these deserted homes and communities stand as visual reminders of a society once unified by tradition now transformed by ambitions of a different life abroad. The photographers will be available for purchase. Please RSVP to sep@wilsoncenter.org

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