Vienna in January 2014
It was a busy month, so I had little time for photography. But two or three times, I could take a camera with me and make some shots of (more or less) winterly Vienna.
Greek Series: Mykonos and Delos
This post is part of the so-called “Greek Series,” consisting of photographs I shot while backpacking Greece in September 2013. You’ll find a basic introduction to the series here, and the last post featuring Mykonos can be accessed here.
Mykonos is part of the Cyclad Islands. Today, it is a populous island, living primarily on tourism. It is well known for its beaches and nightlife. In ancient times, though, Delos’s much smaller sister island was much more critical than Mykonos. It was a sacral island and a place of worship mainly for the gods Apollon and Artemis. After its decline, Delos was primarily forgotten and rediscovered only in modern times by archeologists from France. Today, it is a museum and can be visited easily from Mykonos by ferry. Pictures 2, 3, 4, and 5 (the well-known lion statues) and 6 are from Delos, while the others are shot on Mykonos.
Greek Series: Greece in Black and White
This post is part of the so-called “Greek Series”, consisting of photographs I shot while backpacking Greece in September 2013. You’ll find a basic introduction to the series here and a list of all previous posts over here.
Without any doubt, Greece is a colourful country, and I myself am very fond of powerful colors in photographs. But interestingly sometimes the absence of color brings focus and a certain sharpness to pictures.
Greek Series: Peloponnes Countryside
This post is part of the so-called “Greek Series,” consisting of photographs I shot while backpacking Greece in September 2013. You’ll find a basic introduction to the series here and a list of all previous posts here.
In today’s entry, I want to explore the rocky heartland of the peninsula. As for Greece, it is unusually green there, and it can go relatively high; there are even Ski resorts. Charming are the small towns.
Greek Series: Mykonos Part I
This post is part of the so-called “Greek Series”, consisting of photographs shot while I was backpacking Greece in September 2013. You’ll find a basic introduction to the series here and a list of all previous posts over here.
So you may wonder how we got from Nauplia to Mykonos. The truth is we didn’t, at least not directly. Mykonos was actually one of the last destinations on our journey. Before we embarked on a ferry to the islands, we traveled around mainland Greece quite extensively. But for today, I skipped the Peloponnes because the weather there was not always perfect, and as much as I like archeological stuff and hilly landscapes, I think the blog and I myself needed a bit of summer island feeling in these (more or less) harsh and dark winter days. And that we definitively had on Mykonos. Still, there is a lot to cover on the Peloponnes, and many shots are left, so next time we come back to mainland Greece again. But for now, I hope you enjoy beautiful Mykonos as I saw it.
Greek Series: Nafplio
This post is part of the so-called “Greek Series,” consisting of photographs shot while backpacking Greece in September 2013. You’ll find a basic introduction to the series here and a list of all previous posts here.
Nafplio is a port city in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Today, the former capital of Greece is primarily a vacation destination for tourists from Athens due to its proximity and good ferry connections. People from Athens escape here for weekend trips to shop and enjoy themselves. It is a touristy place with shopping boulevards and many luxury brand stores. Greece’s economic crisis was not very obvious, and we saw a lot less graffiti and poverty than in other urban areas. Though the city as we saw it didn’t represent the living reality of most Greek people, it was a good place for going out and having a good time in general. There are two castles/fortresses to see here, one on the top of the hill behind the city with a great landscape view over the buildings and the sea and a small fortress on an artificial island within the bay itself.
Michael Hoffman Photography 