Adonis Christoforou. Photographic evidence from the recent history of Cyprus

All the photographs featured in this publication were taken by way of the equipment and technology of a bygone era. They are all shot with photographic cameras which in many cases had neither a distance meter nor a light meter. They are all shot on film; most of them on 16mm film, the rest on 6x6cm film. The negatives and slides have been kept in good storage conditions, and have therefore been spared attrition. Nevertheless, the passage of 30, 40 or even 60 years has taken its toll. The films were scraped and stained. Applying contemporary means, my friend and colleague Christos Ayiomamites has had them digitized, cleaned and processed. His contribution has been decisive and I dearly thank him for this. Over the past 18 months, as I was foraging for photographs for the album now in print on the 60th anniversary of the CYBC, over and again I visited the Photographic Archive of the Press and Information Office. What an impressive experience that was! The negatives are stored properly and scholars in search of specific materials have easy access to the Archive. Therefore, all the photographs included in this publication have been entrusted to the PIO for safekeeping and utilization. This particular series of photographs was first exhibited in February 2018 at the Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Strovolos. Ms Sophia Michaelides, Director of the PIO, willingly accepted our invitation to inaugurate the exhibition as a token of her interest in photography. This publication provides additional tangible proof of the significance Ms Michaelides attributes to these visual traces that aspire to connect the generations that were to the generations that will be. I am particularly indebted to her. Adonis Christoforou March 2018 5 Introduction