A day with Nick Ghionis

I’ve always found it interesting and inspiring to watch other photographers in action. No matter what the final product is, everyone has their own unique way of creativity. The business of photography is ever evolving at many levels, but there are some basic personal attributes at the photographer’s end which are vital and makes the…

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Coincidence, Magic and Faith

Life is an interesting place. It feels like when you are open to receive, the magic unfolds itself in different shapes and forms. There were times I called this faith, there were times it was just a magic and a lot of it a wonderful coincidence. None is any less pleasing than the…

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Street Photography around Melbourne

I used to walk around Melbourne for hours on end, observing the light and passers by with or without the camera. It seems like in those days it was much easier to be so close to people on the streets yet invisible enough not to bother them. These days although more and more…

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Why we do what we do?

Four years ago, one night in the class, I was sitting next to a girl and it happened that she had decided to defer her study. When I asked why, she said that she had a young baby and her studies were stealing too much time off him. At the time, in my…

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Illusion of being under the Mediterranean sun

It is hot. The sand is burning your feet. You jump into the water to cool down and back out again. The haze of the hot weather is moving in the distance. There’s the Mediterranean all the way. My husband is in a very happy place here. He’s got some beautiful memories from…

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All has started with Auntie Julia

Migrant Mothers have started with this woman a few months ago when I walked into her isolated home in an inner suburb of Melbourne. This was my second visit to her, the last one was being more than ten years ago. Upon walking out, I told a friend that this house should be…

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Women, Weddings and Photos

In July 2002 there happened a little boutique wedding in the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. A warm evening, a few drinks, delicious food alongside family and friends. The groom is a shyish young man wearing a tie for the first time in his life. The bride literally created her own dress and got…

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Happy birthday Bilgin

It’s Bilgin’s birthday today. We don’t usually make a big fuss about birthdays but since having children, it’s a completely different story. Ada was so excited watching her daddy opening his present. He very well knew what was inside, but of course, Ada didn’t need to know that 🙂 I am, though, going to…

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