Charles had a life-long passion for photography that started at a very young age. In one of his 1970 Norton Lectures at Harvard University, Charles said that, just after his father’s death in 1918, he found a box of his dad’s old photography equipment: “Soon I was . . . mixing emulsions and photographing on wet plates. I did it for a year before I discovered that Eastman had already invented film and this wasn’t necessary.”
In honor of Charles and his love for photography, "The Gifted Eye" (now in Athens, at "El Greco Gallery - Vitra Showroom", 212 Kifisias Ave. 152 31 Halandri) featured 100 images that showed a detailed and intimate view of how he saw the world around him. The exhibition was open to the public from May 6 through May 21, 2016.
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