“The rain has stopped, the clouds have broken; the vault of blue spreads out like a fan, the blue decomposing into that ultimate violet light which makes everything Greek seem holy, natural and familiar. in Greece one has the desire to bathe in the sky. You want to rid yourself of your clothes, take a running leap and vault into …
Exploring the Cyclades: Amorgos, the Big Blue
After a couple years of absence, I’ve returned to the Cyclades Islands of Greece for a week. This time we visited the islands of Amorgos and Mykonos. In this article, I am sharing my experience photographing the former, with some brief notes about the latter. The previously published articles about the Cyclades can be found here: Exploring the Cyclades: Ios …
Patmos, a Glimpse of the Dodecanese
by Massimiliano Cremascoli Greece is an outstanding array of more than three thousands islands. There are six major archipelagos: the Ionian Islands, the Argo-Saronic Islands, the Sporades, the North-East Aegean Islands, the Cyclades and the Dodecanese. Having travelled throughout most of them, I consider the latter two as the most appealing thanks to the harmony between landscape and architecture and …
Exploring the Cyclades: The Ever Popular Santorini
This is the fourth and final post in my series about the Cyclades Islands of Greece. The previous episodes can be found here: Exploring the Cyclades: Ios and its Sunsets Exploring the Cyclades: Sikinos, the Quintessential Greek Island Exploring the Cyclades: Folegandros, the Romantic Island For the final leg of our island-hopping journey in the Aegean Sea, we landed in …
Exploring the Cyclades: Folegandros, the Romantic Island
Folegandros might very well be my favorite Greek island, at least among the dozen or so I’ve seen so far. It’s not as off-the-beaten-path as nearby Sikinos, so it attracts quite a few tourists, but it’s not as tacky and crowded as Santorini and still manages to retain some of its traditional Cycladic charm. Maybe it’s because we visited it near …
Exploring the Cyclades: Sikinos, the Quintessential Greek Island
“That is my store. If you need anything, you can find it there. The restaurant at the corner is my cousin’s and did I tell you about the winery on top of the hill? It’s my brothers’” This was our first introduction to Sikinos, recited by the landlady who came to pick us up at the port, who undoubtedly repeats …
Cycladic Sunset At Ios
I am presently in Greece with my pal Massi, scouting locations for our upcoming tour of the Cyclades Islands. Yesterday we were in Ios, looking for some sunset and blue hour shots. It took us some time to find the perfect spot to photograph the Chora (village) of Ios, one of the Cyclades, and we had to climb a stone wall, …