Island life

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Island Life is a collection of photographs of a small community of permanent residents, holiday makers and their homes on the Greek island of Salamina. In the 1960’s Salamina, the nearest island to Athens, attracted working class people who had no money and couldn’t afford to travel long distances. Back then, they built a room overnight with the help of neighbours. As they had no planning permission they risked, having it demolished by the local authority. With time and depending on finances, some managed to expand or built new homes, others changed little on them.

Nowadays many of those original houses lay empty and abandoned. Their owners have died and many of their children have turned their backs to their working class roots. The island has attracted a second generation of retired academics and professionals who choose to holiday or live there due to its proximity to the capital and the life style it offers.

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