Presentation of Michalis Boliakis’ anniversary photo book “50 Years of Photographs”

Michalis Boliakis — a photo-book journey, five decades in images.

There are photographs that don’t simply “show” something; they hold it. A glance, a street corner, a light that passed and never returned the same way. Michalis Boliakis’ anniversary photo book, “50 Years in Photographs (1976–2025)”, is exactly that: a personal archive that becomes a shared memory. From the era of analog patience to today’s digital flow, Boliakis documents the world around him with consistency and quiet intensity—without grandstanding, with a clear, attentive eye.

The Thrace Center of Creative Photography, Vitamidis Bookstore, and Topos Publications invite you to the presentation of the book—an evening that won’t be merely “about a book,” but about how photography becomes time, narrative, and place.

Speakers:
Eirini Kontogeorgou, journalist
Dimosthenis Karageorgiou, President of the Board, Thrace Center of Creative Photography

A discussion with the audience and a book-signing will follow.

At the same time, a photography exhibition featuring selected works from the book will be on view—a “best of” five decades, where the everyday takes on its own distinct weight and details turn into history.

Date & Time: Saturday, January 24, 2026, 19:00
Venue: Warehouse No. 1, Port of Alexandroupolis