Elli Sougioultzoglou-Seraidari

Place: Aydin

Born: 1899

Death: 1998

Biography:

Nelly's, also known as Elli Sougioultzoglou-Seraidari, was a Greek female photographer born in Aydin, Turkey in 1899. She is best known for her pictures of ancient Greek temples set against sea and sky backgrounds, which helped shape the visual image of Greece in the Western mind. Nelly's adopted the diminutive 'Nelly' for her professional society portrait work and is now increasingly referred to as 'Elli Seraidari'. She died in Athens in 1998.