The
a.malecos photo collection exhibits the work of photographer
Andreas Malecos (1938 - 1997). If you want to find out more
about the artist, the photo collection or his home country,
Cyprus, please read on
Andreas
Malecos (1938 - 1997) was born in Cyprus. He studied at
the Athens (Greece) University, School of Philosophy and
continued his postgraduate education in London. He worked
as a faculty member and later he was appointed Head of the
Department of Educational Technology at the Pedagogical
Institute of Cyprus. From 1994 untill 1997 he served as
the Cultural attache of the Embassy of Cyprus in Athens,
Greece.
A. Malecos devoted time to photography, building a portfolio
of more than 5000 pictures, taken in Cyprus, Greece and
various European countries. His photographs were featured
in various high quality European publications and were also
exhibited in the Cyprus Pavilion at the EXPO'92 in Seville.
The
island of Cyprus is located in the eastern corner of the
Mediterranean. It's history and civilisation spread for
more than 3000 years. It has been an independet state since
1960 after gaining independence from the British Empire.
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