A visual history of Greek Australians

Through their visual project "Greek Australians: In Their Own Image," Australian documentary photographer Effy Alexakis and her historian collaborator Leonard Janiszewski have shone a light on a kind of Greek-Australian history that few are familiar with, with more than 2,000 recorded oral history interviews as well as various types of documentation.

The two met while studying fine arts and archaeology at Sydney University and have continued charting their own path since then. Photography has become more of a passion for Effy while Leonard was already into the history of Australians. When Effy's father died, she had been undertaking a postgraduate diploma in professional art studies - photography, in particular. After her graduation, she spent six months traveling, visiting her relatives and getting to know Greece.

The couple have published three books...