100 things: 100 photos - photo 2
Today I chose something simpler and easier. A digital photo I took in 2008.
[Today's photo and story]
I have long had quite an obsession with reflections. I love photographing reflections in mirrors, windows and puddles. I actually have a whole series of self-portraits taken in reflections. The more broken up and complex the more I like them.
This particular photo was taken in one of the side streets in Monastiraki flea-market, one of the more colourful and interesting places in Athens. I always liked visiting Monastiraki, Thuseio and the environs for the shops, the atmosphere, the food, the antiques and the photographic opportunities. And the three years I lived in central Athens it was ridiculously easy for me to get there.
On one side it's me - with my old discrete wire-framed glasses and before I cut a fringe - and on the other side there's my sister and two of my best friends. In the middle is a photo of the old king. I am rather proud of this picture, I think in captures the moment and the location quite well. I even submitted it (together with two others) in a photographic competition of city photography in Athens. I got shortlisted and my photos were exhibited, but of course I wasn't one of the finalists.
Older 100 things post:
100 photos - photo 1
[Today's photo and story]
I have long had quite an obsession with reflections. I love photographing reflections in mirrors, windows and puddles. I actually have a whole series of self-portraits taken in reflections. The more broken up and complex the more I like them.
This particular photo was taken in one of the side streets in Monastiraki flea-market, one of the more colourful and interesting places in Athens. I always liked visiting Monastiraki, Thuseio and the environs for the shops, the atmosphere, the food, the antiques and the photographic opportunities. And the three years I lived in central Athens it was ridiculously easy for me to get there.
On one side it's me - with my old discrete wire-framed glasses and before I cut a fringe - and on the other side there's my sister and two of my best friends. In the middle is a photo of the old king. I am rather proud of this picture, I think in captures the moment and the location quite well. I even submitted it (together with two others) in a photographic competition of city photography in Athens. I got shortlisted and my photos were exhibited, but of course I wasn't one of the finalists.
Older 100 things post:
100 photos - photo 1