Mary Dimitropoulou Photography

24/11/2022

It is with great pleasure to announce that my photograph "Basket Case" was voted in the 3rd place in public's preference during the Cathay Camera Club annual exhibition.
In the past, I have presented this photograph in various exhibitions around the world: Malaysia, Italy, Greece, USA. But I was "saving" it for the Hong Kong audience for a special occasion. And what is more special, than the 40-year anniversary of the Club I'm a member for the last 6 years?
I want to thank each and everyone of you who visited Hong Kong Cultural Centre during this exhibition. Every year we give our blood, sweat and tears to make this happen. And to see so many smiling faces is the biggest reward we can get.

28/10/2022

Cathay Camera Club annual photo exhibition is fast approaching!
Celebrating the Club's 40 years, I will be one of the 24 participating artists presenting some curated past work, including a few unpublished photographs.
Mark your calendars - it will be my pleasure to see you there ☺️
November 16 - 20, Hong Kong Cultural Centre

In celebration of Cathay Camera Club's 40th Anniversary, we proudly present our annual exhibition entitled "Light Catchers - 40 Years of Photography".

To mark this special occasion the members of the Cathay Camera Club have revisited their archives to share some of their favourite and best work including portraiture, landscape, abstract, as well as street and nature photography from Hong Kong and abroad.

The exhibition to be held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre,
10 Salisbury Road, in Tsim Sha Tsui on
November 16th-20th, 2022

This year, 24 artists will present photos in both color and B&W formats.

Participating artists:
Andrea Bartolucci,
Artur Tomaszek,
Ayesha Sitara,
Bharat Khemlani,
Col Sim,
Colleen Tsai,
Divya Umesh,
Ewa Wilkinson,
Gary Jones,
Hanna Torneus,
Henk Pomstra,
Ivanna Vivcharyk,
Jeremiah Palmerston,
Jeremy H. Greenberg,
Jon Babek,
Mary Dimitropoulou,
Mike Epstein,
Noelle Sinclair,
Phil Pither,
Polo (Chiu Po Ching),
Quentin Delesalle,
Sabrina Wen,
Mr S.H. Ha,
William Tam

The exhibition is open to the public and free to enter. We hope to see you there.

For more information about Cathay Camera Club:
Website: www.cathaycameraclub.com

21/05/2022

If this cutie doesn't melt your heart, I don't know what will!
Mommy & me session at its best!

14/05/2022

Sneak peek to a lovely family session just before the weather went crazy. I adore babies with character and Cillian had lots of it! How can you not fall in love with this 5 months young cutie pie?!?!

18/02/2022

A household full of toddlers is a reason to celebrate every day! But for Alyssa's first birthday celebration, mommy & daddy surprised the kids not only with a lovely cake, but with a wonderful tepee as well! Sunday-funday at its best!

29/11/2021

How do you put your City In Focus – especially when you feel stranded in it for the last 2 years?
This is the question that immediately came to mind when I was informed about “City In Focus”, the theme of the annual Cathay Camera Club exhibition, in which I was partaking. Those who know me, are aware that my work has a documentary aspect, focusing more on people; so, to focus in a City would be a struggle for me, even before Covid-19 hit. Giorgio De Chirico was my deus ex machina. He’s undoubtedly one of the most important modern painters, the precursor of Surrealism and one of my favorite artists.

I immediately remembered his words: "The structure of cities, the architecture of houses, squares, gardens, public walks, gateways, railway stations, etc – all these provide us with the basic principles of a great Metaphysical aesthetic... We, who live under the sign of the Metaphysical alphabet, we know the joy and sorrows to be found in a gateway, a street corner, a room, on the surface of a table, between the sides of a box…".

The body of work presented for the Cathay Camera Club 2021 exhibition is an elementary study of Giorgio De Chirico’s early Metaphysical work, between 1913 and 1916. A modern transformation of a 100-year-old painting into today’s photography, edited to match De Chirico’s vision. With people strategically placed into a vast cityscape. It is a Hong Kong interpretation of some of his masterpieces painted in Italy. Because the Metaphysical aspect of a city has no time limits; no geographical restrictions.

“Everything has two aspects; the current aspect, which we see nearly always and which ordinary men see, and the ghostly and metaphysical aspect, which only rare individuals may see in moments of clairvoyance and metaphysical abstraction.”
Giorgio De Chirico, Jul 10, 1888 - Nov 20, 1978

Thank you all who visited, I appreciate you all.

26/11/2021

The exhibition is officially up and running!

City in Focus
Cathay Camera Club's Annual Photography Exhibition
Day 1 Set Up.

Open to public. Free entrance.
Venue: Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, TST

Nov 26th Friday 12:00 noon - 11:00 pm
Nov 27th Saturday 9:00 am - 11:00pm
Nov 28th Sunday 9:00 am - 8:00pm

I will be presenting a study to Giorgio De Chirico’s early metaphysical work; my interpretation on how I put my “City in focus”.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

(Timelapse by Jon Babek)

24/11/2021

2 more days to go…
Join me and 20 other photographers in our photo exhibition this weekend!

Friday, November 26 noon to Sunday, November 28 8pm, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, TST

(Postcard of “Study on The Great Tower”)

27/09/2021

The recipe for never ending smiles: sunny day + hugs + flying bunnies!

15/09/2021

It's good to be back - and it's even better when you have great autumn weather and amazing families to photograph!
Sneak peek from one of last week's sessions and a suuuper cute toddler!

17/07/2021

Due to an urgent family matter, I will need to travel abroad until the end of August, thus I will not be accepting any new bookings.
For those with pending sessions, I will contact you directly for a rescheduling appointment.

Thank you for your understanding.