It was an informative evening at Nikos Cafe. As it turned out his father, Filippas Filippakis, was an a photographer and his son Nikos is a historian at heart. He preserved the images of his father documenting life in Olymbos and in the US Diaspora. … Continue readingOlymbos II
Karpathos, a rugged, mountainous island somewhere between Rhodes and Crete, has the reputation of having preserved tradition more than other Greek islands. Its steep cliffs, mountains and remote location have certainly done their best to prevent any major build out of the infrastructure needed to … Continue readingOlymbos
First a fun experiment, using a digital back on a view camera. Its complicated, would summarize the experience, but the result has a startling, painterly quality. Compare this to a view of the same location through a modern lens and the difference becomes quickly apparent. … Continue readingIsland life
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.
6 days in Tokyo In many ways it is a modern metropolis yet it maintains many Japanese attitudes. A clean city without garbage cans, a busy but quiet city, a crowded city with no security issues, in short Japanese attitudes, engrained over generations, make themselves … Continue readingJapan
Fog and snow do a wonderful job isolating trees resulting in rather minimalist, quiet and contemplative scenes. Their Zen like quality reminded me of Chinese landscape paintings. Reason enough to reactivate my old name stamp from my days in Taiwan.
