Cyclamen and Stones/ Κυκλάμινο και Πέτρες
Acorn Tree/ Βελανιδιά
Pine Cones on Burnt Branch /Κουκουνάρια σε καμμενο κλάδο
Prickly Flowers/Ακανθώδες Λουλούδι
The arbutus tree is native to the warm mediterranean climate/ Η κουμαριά είναι εγγενής στο ζεστό μεσογειακό κλίμα
‘A Window To The Soul’ digital collage by Angela Zafiris
This digital collage contains layers of photographs that I have taken of the Supermoon, a temple, a headless statue, a window and trees. I made the collage background scanned it and then I layered all of the images. I have made a black and white version and the original colourful one is below.
Αυτό το ψηφιακό κολάζ περιέχει στρώματα από φωτογραφίες που τράβηξα με τo Supermoon, ένα αρχαίο ναό, ένα ακέφαλο άγαλμα, ένα παράθυρο και δέντρα. Σάρωσα το κολάζ φόντο, και στη συνέχεια έβαλα όλες τις εικόνες. Έχω κάνει μια ασπρόμαυρη εκδοχή και το αρχικό πολύχρωμο είναι κάτω.
‘A Window To The Soul’ digital collage by Angela Zafiris
‘The Heart is Revealed’ Digital Collage and poem by Angela Zafiris
The heart is revealed
In the darkest of times
Exposed to the four winds
To the storms outside
A heart weathered by time.
For my latest digital collage I layered two photographs, a photograph of the sea, and a photograph of statues that I took at the museum in Ancient Olympia in Greece. I then added the scanned collage background that I made. I came across a photo of a heart from a magazine and scanned it . I added the heart photo to the photograph of the female statue. The end result reminded me of a poem that I wrote a while back , so I thought I would add the poem. I named the digital collage after the poem.
Για την πιο πρόσφατη ψηφιακή κολάζ μου εβαλα δύο στρώσεις φωτογραφίων. Μια φωτογραφία που εβγαλα στην παραλία και την δευτερη που τραβηξα στο μουσείο της Αρχαίας Ολυμπίας στην Ελλάδα. Στη συνέχεια, πρόσθεσα το σαρωμένο κολάζ φόντο που ειχα φτιαξει. Βρηκα μια φωτογραφία με μια καρδιά από ένα περιοδικό και την σαρωσα στο υπολογιστη. Επειτα την πρόσθεσα στη φωτογραφία του γυναικείου αγάλματος. Το τελικό αποτέλεσμα μου θύμισε ένα ποίημα που έγραψα πριν απο καιρο και έτσι πρόσθεσα το ποίημα, το τιτλο του ψηφιακο κολαζ ειναι απο το ποιημα.
Last month, I had a little adventure going up Parnitha mountain. Parnitha mountain is located North of Athens The view was breathtaking and of course I brought my camera and I took some photos of the landscape.
Τον περασμένο μήνα, είχα μια μικρή περιπέτεια στο βουνό της Πάρνηθας. H Πάρνηθα βρίσκεται Bόρεια της Αθήνας Η θέα ήταν μαγευτική και φυσικά έφερα φωτογραφική μηχανή μου και πήρα μερικές φωτογραφίες του τοπίου.
Digital Collage by Angela Zafiris
Digital Collage by Angela Zafiris
According to the Greek Orthodox calendar the 8th November is dedicated to the highest angels. People who go by the following names: Michael, Gabriel and Angela are celebrating their name day today. In the Greek culture we have name days since each day is dedicated to a saint and most people are named after saints. Most Greeks are named Maria or George, so they have bigger parties on their name days. That’s fine, so my name day is smaller and less rowdy, but at least I am in the company of angels 😉
‘The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil’ Digital Collage by Angela Zafiris
I decided to make a digital collage with a photograph of a tree that I had posted a few weeks ago. I made a collage background with acrylics and scanned it to my computer. I then added some Greek text, the Latin Alphabet, numbers and I drew some circles. I played around with the layers and the contrast until I was satisfied with the result.
Upon looking at the image I knew that I needed to change the title from ‘Lonely burnt tree’ to ‘The Tree of knowledge’. I thought that the reference from the book of Genesis made more sense since the tree is surrounded by letters and numbers. The forbidden fruit was picked by Eve long ago, and man has since fallen. The tree of knowledge from the Garden of Eden is no longer ripe with fruit; it is now burnt. The scorched tree represents the destruction caused by wars and fires and other evils that man has committed over the many millennia of his reign on Earth.
“The Waltz’ -Digital Collage By Angela Zafiris
This is a photograph that I took of a large statue of people dancing in downtown Athens on Panepistimiou (University) Street. I was in a hurry so I didn’t get closer to the statue to get more details about it, but I am assuming that they are people dancing. I decided to change it up a bit since it has probably been photographed hundreds of times. I decided to make it into a digital photography collage. The background is a collage that I made with red and gold acrylics with letters of the alphabet glued on it. I scanned the background collage to the computer and then I added a new layer an ancient Greek text that I found on-line and that I enlarged. I changed the coloured photograph into a black and white photograph and then I made the contrast of the image a lot darker to pop out against the background.
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