My long awaited dark room is coming along fine. I progressed far enough to start producing some large test-prints. My first project is in the works and I thought I would share an update here. Eventually it will be nine or ten toned cyanotype prints, … Continue readingCyanotype meets antiquity
Not much to say, except that new snow fall made the walk a worthwhile photographic excursion. A monochrome camera with red-filter turned this sunny afternoon into a dramatic landscape. This said here is the walks production. Thats it for this day.
Below mostly Roman sculptures from Athens ancient agora and the National Archaeological Museum Athens. Looking carefully at the features and expressions stamped into marble these faces come alive and look amazingly contemporary. Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, who ruled from AD 138 to 161. is the third … Continue readingAn Athens Weekend
Presumably the artists of the classical period were the first to capture our emotional experience of a life caught between Chaos (disorder) and Kosmos (order). Looking at the remains of their works it is ironic to see how, over a long enough time horizon, chaos … Continue readingAccidentally Abstract
No fall colors here but to make up for it, warm waters and a tourist season winding down. The boats from Rhodes to Symi are less frequent now and slowly the island prepares for its annual hibernation. By the end of this month only a … Continue readingSymi in fall
Every sci-fi lover dreams of a future when tourists beam from home straight to their pool side lounge chair. Pesky lines, tight and uncomfortable seats, delays and other vagrancies of travel obliterated by progress! Gone would be the days when the twists and turns of … Continue readingTravel not Tourism
