Nelly (1899–1998)

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Nelly (1899–1998)

Greek photographer. Name variations: Elly Seraidari or Seraïdari. Born Elly Souyoultzoylou (also seen as Souyioultzoglou) in Aydin, Asia Minor (now Turkey), in 1899; died in 1998; m. Angelos Seraidari, also seen as Seraidaris (pianist), 1929.

Shot a series of photographs of French ballerina Mona Paiva dancing nude on the Acropolis (1927), an exercise in creativity that caused a scandal in the Greek press but introduced a new movement and expressiveness into the art of photography; known later for her portraits, documentations, and landscapes, as well as her nudes, was also the 1st Greek photographer to use color, beginning with autochrome plates.

See also film Nelly, the Asia Minor Photographer (1983); and Women in World History.