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athens by night



thanks, julia baracco!

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yesterday, i  was very lucky to meet up with flickr user kazunori yokoi who is visiting athens from kyoto, japan. we had a tasty lunch at avissinia, wandered around for a few pictures at monastiraki and finished with an ice coffee at an outdoor cafe under the acropolis in plaka.

i saw this old typewriter outside a shop just across our table and i couldn't resist attempting a shoot. kazu didn't mind.

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tian an men

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in front of a kiosk in athens. i think the mirror was placed by the kiosk's owner so he could see who's approaching. i liked the lineup of greek newspapers and the 'the ministry of health warns that smoking can be hazardous to your health' warning on top.

i shot this with my 350D after i dropped off my 40D at the doctor's. you may be happy to know that it's back home and feeling fine.

©2010 helen sotiriadis

my favorite photographers: piriskoskis.

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this is a relatively new discovery for me, but after seeing his first images recently, i've been consistently blown away... figures against structures, gentle curves or sharp angles, black and white or color pops, all with a style that screams awareness.

gallery
piriskoskis.' photostream
profile

my favorite photographers: mourlegovits

a creative young person, full of surprising ideas, on the road to self-discovery:


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check out her photostream!

more favorite photographers
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my favorite photographers: rita vita finzi

how i wish i could configure my world like rita vita finzi does!


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i have no idea how she sees what she sees.

for the insatiable:
an incredible photostream

©2010 toomanytribbles

my favorite photographers: theresa lasichak

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memories are so.
so sharp they rip through our well-planned pace

but others
blurred in motion, dissolved in time
the bits we neglected
but they set the stage
and conveyed the substance

we discovered tiny wonders
became one with a color
floated into a flavor
tingled with words and art
scampered with best friends,
long lost

now conclusions
in a memoir, yearning to be written
merged with paper
... or denied

theresa's work speaks for itself, but it made me want to say something, too.
such is art, especially from one who is so multi-talented, it flows through her life like a strand... or a thread of wool.


for the insatiable:
her photostream on flickr: t does wool
and her blog of wonderful creations

©2010 toomanytribbles

my favorite photographers: gaston batistini

when he travels, gaston batistini takes multiple pictures at a location and stitches them together into wonderful panoramas that beautifully convey the feel of a place. each image is a work of art:


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for the insatiable:
his photostream on flickr
his website

more favorite photographers
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my favorite photographers: leslie thomson

serene, fresh, intimate. leslie thomson's images inhabit a world i imagine i want to share.


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for the insatiable:
leslie's photostream

©2010 toomanytribbles

my favorite photographers: kozology

be warned: john will see things you missed -- and he'll challenge you to think about their multiple levels, repeatedly.


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for the insatiable: john's photostream, kozology


more favorite photographers
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my favorite photographers: LJ.

i'm not brave enough to shoot pictures like these... but i'm sure glad LJ. is.

for the insatiable:
lee's photostream on flickr.

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my favorite photographers: anthony ayiomamitis

i discovered anthony ayiomamitis' work several years ago and have been an enthusiastic fan ever since, to the point of creating a dedicated label for posts which feature his pictures. his imagery includes highly challenging objects such as galaxies, nebulas, quasars and black holes... but the ones i love best are the ones that are readily accessible by anyone, in the sense that they are visible with the naked eye, such as shots of the moon and the sun, eclipses and the milky way -- and most especially when they are combined with landmarks of human heritage.


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anthony has inspired me to try my hand at this type of photography -- at the most rudimentary level. @anthony: thank you!

for the insatiable:
a small sample of his work on flickr
and all his glorious images, on his website, perseus.gr

check out more of my favorite photographers here.

©2010 toomanytribbles

my favorite photographers: p r i m e r / kevin saint grey

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here, i grasp for boundless space, linger through expanses of time and experience piercing moments of heightened awareness.

for the insatiable:
kevin's photostream...
... and profile

©2010 toomanytribbles

my favorite photographers: tony eccles

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tony's photography is about interesting ideas, creativity and fun. he expresses one of my firmest beliefs: that the most intelligent people don't take themselves so seriously... and are able to just play.

for the insatiable:
tony's photostream
tony's blog

©2010 toomanytribbles

my favorite photographers: .betina.

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.betina. is a master of light and sensuous form. her portraits dig to a person's core... and she has the most enthralling stamp collection you've ever seen.

for the insatiable:
.betina.'s photostream


©2010 toomanytribbles

my favorite photographers: {machel spence}

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machel's photography reflects her deep love, knowledge, and respect for nature.

...and you've never actually seen fungi if not through her lens.

exposure to machel's work should be mandatory for all earthlings, to awaken reverence and awe for 'endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful'.

for the insatiable:
machel spence's photostream on flickr
her website: spence photography
her blog: {machel spence}

'there is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.'
- charles darwin, on the origin of species

my favorite photographers: rebecca tabor armstrong

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becca and i may have diametrically different world views... yet here we are, sharing a fierce love for life.

her photographic expression is riveting.

for the insatiable: rebecca's photostream on flickr

my favorite photographers: daruma*

i've probably learned more from tom mclaughlan's work than anyone else i've followed on flickr.


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he transforms his world into art that is completely new, exciting and highly sophisticated.

for the insatiable: daruma* on flickr

my favorite photographers: thomas hawk (in bw)

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normally i need to make multiple galleries for thomas -- he's a prolific, dynamic photographer who truly sees... he shoots anything and everything and there is no end to the number of his images i could call favorites.

this is just a start.

for the insatiable:
thomas hawk on flickr
thomas hawk digital connection