Shoes for Elefteria
Photograph
Shoes for Elefteria
From Oxia - Greek One-Child Village
ca. 1945
Gelatin silver print
Image: 25.2 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos, 2005
Inscriptions verso (typed label):
Shoes for Elefteria. Pix by David Seymour "Magnum"
Four year old Elefteria Tranopoulous the only child left in the Greek Village of Oxia - is presented with a pair of shoes by the United Nations Inter. Children's Emergency Fund
Oxia - Greek One-Child Village. [underlined] The ice is broken. Elefteria ran through the village in delight, laughing and kicking her feet. Only from time to time, she stopped to touch the new shoes carefully and almost tenderly. Her happiness was absolutely perfect.
File Greece/Child & Youth
verso (stamp): Property of the Periodicals Art Library, 186 High Holborn, W.C.1. Must be returned undamaged [underlined]
verso (stamp): Photo by David Seymour-Magnum / Magnum Photos / 125, Faubourg St-Honoré, 125 / ELYsées 51-28 Paris-8
verso (stamp): See 4 Feb 1950 Illustrated
verso (pencil): 3500 DS DS-03
Shoes for Elefteria. Pix by David Seymour "Magnum"
Four year old Elefteria Tranopoulous the only child left in the Greek Village of Oxia - is presented with a pair of shoes by the United Nations Inter. Children's Emergency Fund
Oxia - Greek One-Child Village. [underlined] The ice is broken. Elefteria ran through the village in delight, laughing and kicking her feet. Only from time to time, she stopped to touch the new shoes carefully and almost tenderly. Her happiness was absolutely perfect.
File Greece/Child & Youth
verso (stamp): Property of the Periodicals Art Library, 186 High Holborn, W.C.1. Must be returned undamaged [underlined]
verso (stamp): Photo by David Seymour-Magnum / Magnum Photos / 125, Faubourg St-Honoré, 125 / ELYsées 51-28 Paris-8
verso (stamp): See 4 Feb 1950 Illustrated
verso (pencil): 3500 DS DS-03
