Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Greece's last film poster painter soldiers on

Greek billboard artist Vassilis Dimitriou, 80, seen painting at his small workshop in AthensFar from the limelight of Cannes, Greece's last painter of film posters toils away in a little garden studio to deliver his latest commission. Vassilis Dimitriou is 80 years old, works alone and knows his days on the job are numbered -- his left hand trembles from the early onset of Parkinson's disease. "For instance I have drawn Clint Eastwood 50 times.


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