Parthenon, Athens, 1907

In 1903, the photographer Fred Boissonnas made his first trip to Greece with his frequent collaborator, the writer and art historian Daniel Baud-Bovy. This marked the start of a succession of fruitful expeditions – continuing up until the 1930s – to photograph the sites and scenery of Greece, often for publication in photographic artbooks. Such work earned him the attention of the Greek government, which commissioned photography for a touring exhibition of Images of Greece, and of King Fuad I of Egypt, who saw the value in having this photographer present images of his country too. Born in Geneva in 1858 to a family of photographers, Boissonnas trained in Stuttgart and Budapest before