In Daily Routine
Giorgos Syrianos, Cheesemaker and Livestock Breeder in Mykonos
“The lockdown was a rough patch for us, because we closed the dairy. We sell our products mainly on the local market and hope that the situation will get better and the tourism will return to some extent, allowing us to sell.”
Giorgos Syrianos, Cheesemaker and Livestock Breeder in Mykonos
Makis Kontizas, Mykonos open-air cinema
“We weed the plot to see the final number of seats allows and await for the instructions of Civil Protection”
Makis Kontizas, Mykonos open-air cinema
Michalis Kontizas, Mykonos Municipality Clerk
Michalis Kontizas, Mykonos Municipality Clerk
“On the first post-pandemic show, I think we will be crying with joy and longing”
Nantia Dalkyriadou, Actress
“Will I ever perform on stage again? And if so, when? And how?”
Lazaros Vartanis, Actor
“Let's stay strong, until we meet again under the spotlight”
Dimitris Hatzimichailidis, Actor
“No matter how dark it is, we always look towards the light”
Stefanos Papatrechas, Actor
Manto Psychountaki, Scenographer – Costume designer
“Art is our weapon against death and if we waste it we are dead already. Can you imagine your life without music, books, theatre, films, painting? This is what will happen!”
Manto Psychountaki, Scenographer – Costume designer
“Even after the lift of the tourism ban, the goal for all, locals and guests alike, is to remain safe”
Michalis Kontizas, Mykonos Municipality Clerk
“We are not after the money, we are old-school Mykonos. We prepare and just wait and see what happens.
Nikos Papadopoulos and Michalis Zouganelis, Mykonos beach bar owner and employee
“This year will be a hard one, but if we maintain our optimist and positivity, something good will come out. After all, this is Greece”
Romina Tossi, clothes sales assistant, Mykonos
“At first we were afraid of losing our jobs completely. Luckily, it now seems that something starts moving again”
Gjovalin Vigu, Handyworker – Mykonos
The 1st Senior High School of Cholargos, ready to welcome pupils after lockdown
Final works on the pier for the safe docking of a ship – for an unknown period – in Piraeus port
Piraeus Port
Normally, this period ships should be crowded with passengers. All this period they were only transferring patients from the islands and goods
Two passengers ready to board one of the ships to Crete at Piraeus port
“I’m scared about the economy. Everything else sounds like terrorism to me. I have been in this port for 46 years. When you see others feeling down, you start feeling low too”
Nikolas Fortesanakis, Food Truck Owner
“Much of the shipping activity has now stopped. Nobody know what will happen”
Marinos Vergakis, Seaman
“We are doing the last works on the ship, until we know when we can sail again”
Marinos Vergakis, Seaman
“We are all afraid of the future. Many employees have been fired, as we speak. Luckily, I'm all right”
Marinos Vergakis, Seaman
“I come from Syria. I travelled to Greece to visit my daughter, but now I'm stuck because of the coronavirus. I don't know when I'll be able to go back”
Zahira Maen, Visitor
“I'm only worried about my children”
Markos – Mattheos Voutsinos/ Driver
“I like to think that this whole thing is nothing but a bad dream”
Markos – Mattheos Voutsinos/ Driver
“I have two lorries and only operate one of the two at the moment. Luckily transports from and to Crete have not stopped”
Stelios Manolidakis/ Driver
“Now that lockdown movement permits are repealed, I can go to church without stressing about the time I can spend there”
Iliodoros Filios posing in a church, down town Athens, 7 May 2020
“The lockdown was hard and I hope it never happens again. I felt like I was out in the world for the first time”
Hairdressers Kelly Sfyri (L) and July Varouta (R) do the hair of Paraskevi Tsapraili (Centre L) and Mary Koulouki (Centre R), Athens, 6 May 2020
Empty chairs placed at Syntagma square, as part of the “EMPTY CHAIRS” European protest of people in the catering and tourism industry protesting about the consequences of the new coronavirus pandemic in their sector, Athens, 6 May 2020.
“It is my priority to protect the health of everyone coming to school. The mean age of my teachers is high and fear exists”
Ifigenia Schistou, Principal of the 1st Senior High School of Cholargos
“We were told that meticulous cleanliness is our biggest bet. It is very tedious, because we only two cleaners here and the school is big. But we'll manage”
Theodora Panteliou, Cleaning services at the 1st Senior High School of Cholargos
“This is not what I dreamt my last months as teacher in this school to be. It seems unthinkable that I won't be able to hug my pupils to say goodbye”
Mary Chotzoglou, Teacher at the 1st Senior High School of Cholargos
The departure lounge at Athens International airport, during the restrictive measures for flights, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Athens 9 May 2020.
The departure lounge at Athens International airport, during the restrictive measures for flights, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Athens 9 May 2020.
The departure lounge at Athens International airport, during the restrictive measures for flights, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Athens 9 May 2020.
People, keeping their distances, walk at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre after the lift of the lockdown measures imposed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Athens 9 May 2020.
“At this time, the beginning of the summer season, the airport would be bursting with life. Millions of visitors from around the world would come to Athens and we were getting ready to welcome them”
Senior agent at Airport Information, Maria Iatrou, at the info desk in Athens International airport, during the restrictive measures for flights, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Athens 9 May 2020.
“The airport was so empty of passengers only in the days before its inauguration, in 2001. Only, back then, the feelings were the opposite: there was joy and suspense”
Christina Kanaki, Terminal Operations Supervisor in the empty departure lounge in Athens International Airport, during the restrictive measures for flights, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Athens 9 May 2020.
A cleaner walks in the departure lounge at Athens International airport, during the restrictive measures for flights, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Athens 9 May 2020.
The departure lounge at Athens International airport, during the restrictive measures for flights, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Athens 9 May 2020.
The travelator leading to the metro and suburban railway station, during the restrictive measures for flights, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, in Athens International Airport, 9 May 2020.
People enjoying their walk in the sunset on Flisvos beach, after the lift of the lockdown measures imposed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, in Paleo Faliro, 9 May 2020.
“I have been working in the airport for 17 years. It is a very strange feeling to find yourself everyday in an immense space, without any people”
Cleaner Mpoukouria Doma, in the departure lounge at Athens International airport, during the restrictive measures for flights, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Athens 9 May 2020.
People enjoying their walk in the sunset on Flisvos beach, after the lift of the lockdown measures imposed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, in Paleo Faliro, 9 May 2020.
“We have come to appreciate how important it is to meet your friends and family and how valuable to enjoy your coffee in the sun.”
Fotini Kalpaxi, Pharmacist
“We continue to make home deliveries of medicine, especially to older people who are afraid to move or belong to vulnerable groups.”
Christina Tsempeli, Pharmacy Assistant
“Our life has not changed that much, as we continue to work normally and this keeps up balanced.”
Fotini Kalpaxi, Pharmacist
“I am scared of getting sick and afraid of the future”
Mosharef Parvez, Kiosk owner
“We have burnt our hands. The psychological pressure is greater now”
Metushi Vana – Tsewova Zhika – Giannakis Alekos, Athens’ Public Transport Organisation (OASA) Cleaners
Mailinta Zoe, 45 y.o., supermarket employee for 11 years.
Married mother of two.
“My children are worried about me being here everyday”
Nikos Stathoulis, Butcher at the Central Market (Varvakios)
“The first week was very hard; there was lots of fear, hysterics and panic. We knew it right from the start that there would be shortages, so we applied purchase restrictions for disinfectants and masks.”
Christina Tsempeli, Pharmacy Assistant
“Right now, our role is to act as mediators between our reality and that of their own”
Panagiotis Michos & Efraimia Michou, Volunteers
Christina Tsempeli and Fotini Kalpaxi, Pharmacists
“The people we stop in the street often support us, offering wipes and masks. It's moving”
Vasiliki Iatroudi, Traffic warden
“Now with the epidemic, in addition to helping my mother with all errands, I also deliver groceries free of charge for many customers who cannot leave their house because they belong to vulnerable groups or because they are scared.”
Dimitris Zaros, 25 y.o., Delivery Service Employee
“My life has not been affected, because I continue to work. I’m not scared.”
Dimitris Zaros, 25 y.o., delivery service employee
“We make home deliveries of bread to many customers who are too afraid to leave their house or belong to vulnerable groups”
Stratos Doukas, baker since 1973.
“Consumption has dropped, mainly because many bake at home and, on top of that, will stay at home for Easter, so they only buy the bare essentials”
Stratos Doukas, baker since 1973.
Lena Mimigianni, 33 y.o., employee at a mobile telephony shop for 15 years.
“My life has changed so much with the epidemic; I’m scared, but since we’ve taken all necessary measures Ι get by”
Lena Mimigianni, 33 y.o., employee at a mobile telephony shop for 15 years.
“I’m not afraid I might get infected (sick); to me, what’s most important is to help people who really need it”
Eleni Pipini Troupaki, 23 y.o., student, volunteer at the social soup kitchen “O Allos Anthropos”, has been working for the last 15 days.
“I saw in the social media that they needed volunteers and so I volunteered. Here people create very strong bonds and you can practically see the results of the effort you make.”
Eleni Pipini Troupaki, 23 y.o., student, volunteer at the social soup kitchen “O Allos Anthropos”, has been working for the last 15 days.
“During the covid epidemic, customers visiting the supermarket have multiplied”
Mailinta Zoe, 45 y.o., supermarket employee for 11 years.
Married mother of two.
“In the first week I was very scared, but after we applied the safety measures and given their effectiveness I feel all right now”
Kyriaki Logothetidou, 29 y.o., super market employee for 4 years.
“Amid the pandemic, it is very important to cater for people's diets; it makes you feel like a super-hero!”
Kyriaki Logothetidou, 29 y.o., super market employee for 4 years.
“I feel proud to be a part of the campaign against the spread of covid”
Nikoletta Iliopoulou, 34 y.o., Municipality of Athens Disinfection unit.
She was appointed at the municipality two years ago, under the procedure of the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP). She is married, with three children.
“I have never felt more useful in my life”
Nikoletta Iliopoulou, 34 y.o., Municipality of Athens Disinfection unit.
She was appointed at the municipality two years ago, under the procedure of the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP). She is married, with three children.
When asked who stays with the children, she answered:
Unfortunately, I have nobody to stay with them as my husband works too, so I have to leave them home alone. I am lucky, because they are late risers and I work on the morning shift.
“We are more cautious; we keep washing our uniforms and gloves and this is something that we weren’t doing as often in the past”
Ioannis Perdikas & Kalliroe Haskou, DIAS Unit Police Officers
“The psychological burden is big for us too”
Ioannis Perdikas & Kalliroe Haskou, DIAS Unit Police Officers
“Now we are driving through an empty city that has no life”
Thodoros Kepeleris, Athens Public Transport Organisation (OASA) bus driver
“Life doesn’t end here; we move on”
Thodoros Kepeleris, Athens Public Transport Organisation (OASA) bus driver
“At first it was uncomfortable, but then we felt really nice as we provide for patients, who have none of their own here; they are completely on their own.”
Food service worker Eleni Griva, 51 y.o., poses in the COVID-19 patient ward, at “Attico” Hospital in Haidari, 15 April 2020. She is married with two children.
“Our job is hard; it’s more like a “calling”. We are frontline workers, but I can’t stop working for people. There is fear, but one has to go on; bread is a necessity”
Baker Spyros Achmeti, 41 y.o., as he takes bread out of the oven, at his bakery in Kalyvia Thorikou, 13 April 2020. He has been a baker for 22 years. He is married with two children.
“It's hard to not see your loved ones, your family, or to have to be out to protect them as well as everybody else in Attica”.
Sergeant Stergios Kakarontzas (L), 28 y.o. and constable Charalambos Baylis (R), 26 y.o., pose in front of the Parliament, Athens, 12 April 2020. Stergios Kakarontzas in not married and lives by himself.
“It’s a huge responsibility: many people depend on me and if I or anyone working here gets infected and I have to close down, these people won’t be able to get their medicines”
Pharmacist Lambros Kouris, 42 y.o., in his pharmacy in Kalyvia Thorikoi, 10 April 2020.
Constable Charalambos Baylis, 26 y.o., poses in front of the Parliament, Athens, 12 April 2020.