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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 3 hours ago
What about you?
I’ve been saying for years that one day I would print a few postcards with my own photos. I even asked your opinion and your help to choose pictures for them, a couple of times.…
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fotostef (76)in Black And White • 15 days ago
Perhaps that’s what it is
Last night, I dreamt of the house where I grew up. A small home with a big yard on the outskirts of a city that has since expanded far beyond what I once knew. That house no…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 19 days ago
Happy new month / October 2025
It finally rained. After months of dry skies and endless heat, the sound of water falling felt almost unfamiliar. I woke up to the scent of wet earth, a smell I had forgotten I…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 24 days ago
Pockets of mystery
Here in the northern hemisphere, summer is slowly fading away. The September equinox is behind us, and as the days grow shorter and shorter, a casual evening walk turns into a…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 2 months ago
Playing with fire
When I was a child, I had a strange little hobby that kept me busy for hours in the basement of our house. I used to collect old, half-burned paraffin candles, leftovers from…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 2 months ago
Τhe best news of the day
The GPS was telling me that I would reach my destination in less than a minute. The route I had taken wasn’t long, less than an hour, but the second half was so enjoyable that I…
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fotostef (76)in Wednesday Walk • 2 months ago
Keep going
We are approaching the 15th of August, a date often considered the very heart of the Greek summer. There’s a kind of national obsession with spending these days away from home.…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 2 months ago
The right hands
When @traisto told me that she had learned how to make beeswax balms, I didn’t really know what to expect. I’m not much into cosmetics, and I’ve never been the kind of person who…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 3 months ago
Strangely comforting
I’ve spent more time in the chicken coop than I ever needed to. Far more than the chores required. When I first started keeping poultry, I never imagined I’d one day describe…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 3 months ago
Happy new month / August 2025
July was not a good month. At least not for me. It felt too hot, too heavy, and far too difficult to find a steady rhythm. The fact that I took my camera out only once, just…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 3 months ago
A man of feelings
I started learning English when I was six years old. Back then, most children in Greece didn’t begin until a little later, usually around the age of eight or nine. But my…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 3 months ago
The Thing That’s Missing
This is the third summer since we left rural Crete and the slow, particular rhythm of village life. The shift to a town, even a small one, brought a whole new pace, a different…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 3 months ago
Ignorance is bliss
This is a sunset I didn’t want to see. It was stunning, breathtaking in its intensity, painted in deep reds and dramatic shadows but beneath all that beauty, there was a kind of…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 3 months ago
On a hot summer afternoon
I am sitting on a park bench, looking at the castle and wondering how many times I’ve seen it over the past two and a half years. Thousands, for sure. Since I started…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 3 months ago
A perfect fit
The lower part of Monemvasia castle town, turned out to be my favourite one. More spacious, less busy and equally beautiful with the rest of the town, it gave me the feeling that…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 3 months ago
A week like no other
Having dogs all my life, dog-sitting for a friend is something that I can do, not only effortlessly but with pleasure too. Even if we are talking, not for one little doggie but…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 4 months ago
A selfish wish
Sitia is technically a town but it feels like a village. Built on a hillside, overlooking a serene bay on the east end of Crete, it is more of a calm sanctuary, rather than a…
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fotostef (76)Photographer Olive Growerin HiveGarden • 4 months ago
Mid year garden journal
My grandmother's roses greeted me, as I stepped out of the car and it was more than I was expecting! I haven't been in this house since December and the sight of the blooming…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 5 months ago
Rebels of nature
As soon as I saw this blooming tree, I knew that it was time for a photo walk. The first days of my visit, it was raining and I hadn't been out much. But now the weather was…
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fotostef (76)in Photography Lovers • 5 months ago
Quite successfully
It is funny how sometimes, when I live for years next to an attraction, like an archeological site, a landmark or even a night club, I never visit it, no matter how much I want…
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