An Artists sits next to his drawings of famous people.
A Chinese street artist in Monastiraki square in the downtown district of Athens.
Street Artist
Author: Angela Zafiris
Cats in B&W
My cat Angelo and the neighbourhood cat Sammy were my models in these black and white images. I believe that cats make the best models. They are very talented and photogenic, and they know how to strike a pose!
Strange Shops/Aσυνήθιστα Kαταστήματα
Meat galore. Not for the vegan types!
Go green! Can’t tell if it’s real or fake foliage. Interesting nonetheless.
Crowds gather outside a deli shop.
This shop caught me by surprise with its unusual decor.
Croissants, all kinds of bread, and Greek ‘halvas’.
The many brands of Greek honey.
In Athens, most of the merchandise is on the street so you don’t have to step into a shop to see what the store has to offer. It’s something you don’t see in many countries. Some of the items on display are really odd, like the wooden canes or the display case with the honey and alcohol on the wall of a shop. The shop with the sausages took me by surprise, that was a lot of meat! The shop attracted many people who were just walking by. Many were taking photos with their cell phones of the shops unique exterior.
Out of Body Experience
The image of the woman captivated me when I saw it in a magazine. She reminded me of myself just wandering through the fields in my mind, imagining. For my artwork I used tissue paper, acrylics a photo of a woman from a magazine and a photocopy of the photograph, and some stencilling.
View from Inside/Θέα Aπό Tο Eσωτερικό
My camera doesn’t get to rest very much. I couldn’t help but snap a few photographs of a street in Athens from inside of a restaurant. I just loved the lights and the reflections on the window.
The Bustling Monastiraki Square
People gather to watch a live musical act.
There is always a lot of action at the busy downtown Athens square called Monastiraki. The many tourists and natives, street artists and vendors all congregate at this square. I took this photographs only three weeks ago and it is still as vibrant as it was in the summer time.
The Begining & The End/Η Αρχη και το Τελος
Black and with photograph of Orthodox Greek church in the downtown area of Plaka, Athens.
“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.“-Bible-Revelations
” ‘Eγώ είμαι το Άλφα και το Ωμέγα’, λέει Ο Θεός, ο Παντοκράτορας Κύριος, αυτός που αληθινά υπα’ρχει και υπήρχε και θα’ρθει.”-Βιβλος-Αποκαλυψις Ιωαννου
Trojan Horse/Δούρειος Ιππος
A smaller copy of the Trojan Horse in Mycenae.
An antiques shop close to the town of the ancient site of Mycenae in the Peloponnese.
‘Trojans, don’t trust this horse.
Whatever it is, I’m afraid of Greeks even those bearing gifts.’-Virgil
Stagnation At The Station/Στασιμότητα
Photographs of an old abandoned train in Greece.
“Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.”
Beautiful Balconies/όμορφα μπαλκόνια
Photographs that I took of the beautiful Venetian and Neoclassical style buildings in the small town of Nafplio, Greece. Many of the buildings are getting a ‘facelift’ as you can see in the photographs, and it was nice to see some work being done on them, instead of letting the buildings fall into disrepair.
