I can see for miles

November 2009, Attiki, Athens

I've always said that street photography is simply not my style. Not that I don't like it, of course. Hell, I can spend hours looking at other people's street photos with nothing short of a pervert's glee. But I don't like my privacy being invaded by a stranger's camera, and I don't like invading the privacy of strangers with mine. The fact that lately, hesitantly, this is exactly what I've been doing means one thing: Expect some crappy photos. This is utterly new to me.

Nouvelle Vague

November 2009, Nouvelle Vague @ Gagarin 205, Athens

I got 96 tears
and 96 eyes

~ The Cramps, "Human Fly"

The future is unwritten

2009

Sachs IV

November 2009, Patissia, Athens

“What care I for my house and home
or even my wee baby?
What care I for my own true love
for I love the Gypsy Davey.”

~ Fotheringay, "Gypsy Davey"

Sachs III

November 2009, Patissia, Athens

“How could you leave your goose feather bed
your blankets strewn so comely-o?
And how could you leave your newly wedded Lord
all for a raggle taggle gypsy-o?”

“What care I for my goose feather bed
wi' blankets strewn so comely-o?
Tonight I lie in a wide open field
in the arms of a raggle taggle gypsy-o”

~ The Waterboys, "The raggle taggle gypsy"

Sachs II

November 2009, Patissia, Athens

Meanwhile, cropping remains the most frustrating thing I've ever had to deal with. I just can't get it right. I'm guessing this is because it involves conscious decision making. The horror...

"Go saddle me my black mare,
the grey is ne'er so speedy.
And I'll ride all night and I'll ride all day
till I overtake my lady.''

~ Fotheringay, "Gypsy Davey"

Sachs I

November 2009, Patissia, Athens

Gypsy laddie come riding through the wilderness
Singing so loud and merry-o
His voice rang out through the green green trees
And he charmed the heart of a maiden-o

"How old are you, my pretty little miss
How old are you, my honey-o?"
She answered him with a tee-ha-ha
"I'll be sixteen next Sunday-o"

~ Elvis Perkins, "Gypsy Davey"

Hey Ho

2009

What can you do?
With a brat like that
Always on your back
What can you lose?

~ The Ramones, "Beat on the brat"

P.S. Apparently, you can lose the brat.

Brain kids

November 2009, Iris, Athens

I smoke two joints in time of peace
and two in time of war
I smoke two joints
before I smoke two joints
and then I smoke two more

~ Sublime, "Smoke two joints"

Csillagok

November 2009, Athens Concert Hall

And the drugs won't kill your day job

November 2009, Iera Odos & Kifissos Ave., Athens

Give the finger to the rock 'n' roll singer
as he's dancing upon your paycheck
The sales climb high through the garbage pail sky
like a giant dildo crushing the sun

~ Beck, "Pay no mind"

The ecstasy of gold

October 2009, Drakopoulo, Athens

No matter where I put my head,
I'll wake up feeling sound again.
Breathe. It's all you can.
Tomorrow smells of less decay,
the flowers greet this blooming fray,
be thankful. That's all you can.

~ Flogging Molly, "Float"

Eyrie

November 2009, Patissia, Athens

Σιγά μην κλάψω
Σιγά μη φοβηθώ

~ Γιάννης Αγγελάκας & Οι Επισκέπτες

....

8 seconds exposure with tripod this time. Not a very good tripod, mind you, just my old one. The mechanical parts can't keep the camera completely steady for so long, and it doesn't allow for a vertical position - which I wanted very much here. It's not perfect, but it was the best I could manage for an interior scene in the middle of the night: the only light source was the light from the computer screen. Especially since I decided that ISO-400 and higher doesn't satisfy me any more, and I'll stick to ISO-200 and lower from now on, unless completely necessary.

Or desirable? Sometimes grain is cool, right? Grain, yes. Noise, no. This is noise and, unlike a couple of months ago, it now annoys me to no end. It horrifies me to say it, but... I think I need a better camera. Crap.

Toys

November 2009, downtown, Athens

Happiness is a prison, Evey. Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.

~ Alan Moore, "V for Vendetta"

Injured part

November 2009, Patissia, Athens

The injured part is in my bed
and someone said they shouldn't touch me.
Can the surgeon cut it from my head?
If I couldn't hope, you wouldn't trust me.

Don't want to wake up far away
to hear them say "we found him".
Would I see there's more to me
than the shape I walk around in?

~ Edgar Broughton Band, "Hotel Room"

Muddy water IV

November 2009, Thission, Athens

The road is gone, there's just one way to leave here
Turn my back on what I've left below
Shifting lands and broken farms around me
Muddy water's changing all I know

~ The Seldom Scene, "Muddy water"

Muddy water III

November 2009, Thission, Athens

Mary, take the child, the river's rising
Muddy water taking back my home

~ The Seldom Scene, "Muddy water"

Muddy water II

November 2009, Thission, Athens

Things to say, you just can't take em with you
This flood will swallow all you leave behind

~ The Seldom Scene, "Muddy water"

Muddy water I

November 2009, Thission, Athens

Mary, grab the baby, the river's rising
Muddy water's taking back the land
The old-frame house, she can't take one more beating
Ain't no use to stay and make a stand

~ The Seldom Scene, "Muddy water"

For a minute there, I lost myself

November 2009, Thission, Athens

This is what you get
when you mess with us

~ Radiohead, "Karma police"

Witchcraft

November 2009, Thission, Athens

robs the rich
robs the rest
brings it all back home

~ Fairport Convention, "It's alright ma, it's only witchcraft"

Romilar D

November 2009, Thission, Athens

It's time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby.

~ Elliott Erwitt