blue hour

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what does it come first? words or  photos? photos or words? do words come first and generate images in our minds or is it more photos that provoke us to speak or write?

images above are taken in lefkas island some years ago. they remind me of wonderful times i had hitch hiking around the island with some interesting people. as i never had a car or motorbike in my life, finding a way to travel around the island was more than necessity for me. a french friend introduced me to the art of auto stop and i remember it was instant love; a love my parents never approved of.

at the beginning, i started hitch hiking with other girls in order to get to the most remote beaches of the island. gradually, i became an avid hitch hiker; i would do it to get any where; to the town for shopping in the morning, to work in the afternoon, to the beach party in the evening, to collect my visiting friends from the bus station (who would deny to hitch hike back home with me).

those were some crazy happy times i will always hold dear and to which i will always return for inspiration.