Dimitri Mellos

Photographer
www.dimitrimellos.com
    
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Stories (14)
Location: New York City
Nationality: Greek
Biography: Dimitri Mellos was born in Athens, Greece, but since 2005 has been living in New York City. He studied philosophy and psychology. As a child, he used to walk around with an old Kodak Instamatic camera (with no film loaded), pretending to be... MORE
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Copyright Dimitri Mellos 2024
Updated Nov 2018
Location New York City
Topics Documentary, Immigration, Photography, Photojournalism, Street
Being a fairly recent immigrant to the United States myself, the delicate integration of dual (or multiple) identities that most immigrants to this country engage in on a daily basis has long intrigued and fascinated me. Several years ago I started documenting the outward expression of people's national identities of origin as well as of their common American one, as manifested through the parades and other public events of the various ethnic and immigrant communities of New York City.

At this time more than ever, I feel it is not just important but in fact of almost existential significance for the continuation of this nation as we know and cherish it to keep affirming, celebrating, and exploring our diversity as well as our common identity as Americans, and to make sure we never forget that almost everyone in this country, apart from Native Americans, is actually the descendant of immigrants.

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