Μωυσής / Moissis, Νισήμ Λεβή / Nissim Levis (2016)
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Αλέξανδρος Μωυσής / Alexander Moissis, Το πανόραμα του Νισήμ Λεβή / The Nissim Levis Panorama. Οι στερεοσκοπικές φωτογραφίες και τα ταξίδια ενός Γιαννιώτη γιατρού (1898-1944) / Stereoscopic Photos and Travels of a Doctor from Ioannina (1898-1944. (Εκδόσεις ΚΑΠΟΝ / Kapon Editions, Αθήνα / Athens 2016)
Every picture tells a story. A touching photographic journey, captured in over 500 stereoscopic glass plates by the doctor and photographer Nissim Levis, a member of a prominent family in the Romaniote Jewish community of loannina. They were found by chance, in a corner of history and the city, in the possession of a street vendor who invited passersby to examine them by looking into a wooden box, for a fee - "one frank for the panorama, ladies and gentlemen!"
A charming voyage in time that starts during the last fifteen years of Ottoman rule in loannina, with stops along the way for the city's major historical events and for visits to some of the world's most cosmopolitan locales of that period. Most of all, however, it is a small tribute to the memory of a group of individuals who would otherwise have been remembered only as simple rows on the Holocaust Museum's list of victims. (From the publisher)
Prologue - Mark Mazower || Introduction - Alexander Moissis || 1898-1912, Everyday life in Ottoman loannina || 1908-1915, Years of upheaval and change in loannina || 1899-1919, Travels in Epirus on the Road between loannina and Western Europe || 1899-1904, The life of a Yanniote medical intern in Paris || 1899-1904, Vacation trips in France and beyond || 1919-1930, Life in loannina and family travels after WWI || 1944, Conclusion, The last image - March 25, 1944.
In 2017, the Academy of Athens awarded Alexander Moissis a Prize in the Section of Letters and Fine Arts for his book.