Summary
- A new Magnum online exhibition brings together Constantine Manos' A Greek Portfolio and American Color.
- It runs through December 1, 2026.
Magnum Gallery is presenting a new online exhibition dedicated to Constantine Manos through December 1, 2026, bringing A Greek Portfolio together with the later American Color.
For a Greek audience, the main point of interest is A Greek Portfolio: the black-and-white photographs Manos made while travelling through rural Greece in the 1960s, before the work was published as a book in 1972.
The Greece of A Greek Portfolio
Constantine Manos lived in Greece for three years and travelled through villages and islands looking for moments of everyday life, family and tradition. Magnum’s current selection includes photographs from Kalymnos, Karpathos, Crete and Mani, forming a dense photographic record of a Greece that was changing rapidly.
A Greek Portfolio was first published in 1972 and received awards at Arles and the Leipzig Book Fair. Manos had already joined Magnum Photos in 1963 and became a full member two years later.
Opposite Greece, American Color
The online exhibition does not stop with the Greek period. Magnum places A Greek Portfolio beside American Color, where Manos works in color and turns toward public spaces and events in the United States. From Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale to New Orleans and Times Square, the photographs depend on relationships between people, movement and environment within far more complex scenes.
Putting the two bodies of work together makes a major shift in his photographic language visible: from quiet black-and-white observations of rural Greece to images in which color, gesture and visual intensity play a central role.
What we think
For image-makers, the value of this online exhibition is that it presents two very different periods by the same photographer in a single viewing path. It is worth looking not only at Manos’ subjects, but also at how his distance from the subject, frame organization and use of color change while his attention to the human moment remains central.
Frequently asked questions
How long is the online exhibition available?
Magnum Gallery lists the Constantine Manos exhibition as running from September 12 through December 1, 2026.
Which Constantine Manos works are included?
The exhibition combines photographs from A Greek Portfolio and American Color, covering both his black-and-white work in Greece and his later color work in the United States.
When was A Greek Portfolio made?
The photographs were made during Manos’ extended stay and travels in Greece in the early 1960s. The book was first published in 1972.
Where can I see the exhibition?
The exhibition is available online on the official Magnum Gallery page for Constantine Manos.
