Photography

The City Of Angels/ Η Πόλη Των Αγγέλων

Digital Collage by Angela Zafiris

Today is the day of the angels…

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/Tο Δέντρο Της Γνώσης

‘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/Tο Bαλς

“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.

Black Rose/ΜαύροΤριαντάφυλλο

A Rose In My Garden

“I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck”. Emma Goldman (activist)

“Θα προτιμούσα να έχω τριαντάφυλλα στο τραπέζι μου από τα διαμάντια στο λαιμό μου”-Emma Goldman (ακτιβίστρια)

I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

Emma Goldman

I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

Emma Goldman

I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

Emma Goldman

A Wish By The Sea/Μια Ευχή Kοντά Στη θάλασσα

Digital Collage by Angela Zafiris

This is one of the first digital collages that I have posted on my blog. I love the transparent effect that you can make that is difficult and messy when attempting it on a regular collage. I used collage background that I made a while ago. I made the background with gesso, acrylic paints, stencils and text. I then scanned the collage and did some layering on my photograph of a beach in Greece. The end result is a photograph that is much more appealing to the eye.

Urban Athens/Aστική Αθήνα

A juxtatposition of the old and the new

Some might say ‘ewww’ when they see this, but I find it fascinating.

Art is everywhere. Artwork on a wall of a building.

Graffiti on the wall of an old movie theatre

The greatest movie theater in the world!

Gods and Mortals/Θεοί και Θνητοί

One of my favourite things to take pictures of are statues. Both Gods and mortals have been the subjects of the talented ancient sculptors. These artisans with their skilled and caring hands have captured the beauty of the Gods and Goddesses and the burdens of the mortals. Skilled hands that have carved such realistic eyes that seem as though they are looking right at you. Skilled hands that have carved such realistic mouths that seem like they could speak to you. During their two thousand-year existence these statues have seen it all. If only those statues could speak. If they could what would they say?

Helios In The Shade

The Mortal Womans’ Gaze

Angelo The Cat/O Αγγελος Ο Γάτος

My snow-white, and blue-eyed Turkish Angora cat named Angelo is 3 months old; in human years that equates to 4 years. This cat is like a 4-year-old child, and that explains a lot! I try to keep him in doors most of the time and away from the sun as these type of cats are vulnerable to a form of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma . This is why these types of cats are very rare in Greece. Many visitors who have come over mistaken him for a rabbit. But, everyone that came into contact with him, who were not big lovers of cats like myself, have fallen in love with him.