Photos from Athens, Greece

A selection of photographs taken by Jayne Lloyd in Athens, Greece. If you’d like to know more about them you can read my Notes on Athens here.

Instax photograph of the Ancient Agora in Athens, showing a temple surrounded with trees and plants, a path leading towards it and blue sky above. The Instax print is on a grey background.
The exterior of Fos DownTown Suites Hotel, showing an illuminated round sign above a door with wooden slats, windows along the facade and a metal planter in front with tall green grass.
Red origami crane in a gutter by the side of the road, viewed from above.
Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece, showing ornate lamposts along a paved pathway that leads to a fountain, with people walking in front. The path is lined with leafy trees and there is a building visible in the distance in the centre of the image.
Feta and pepper pie, photographed looking into a white paper bag.
Hellenic Parliament, Athens, Greece, photographed on a bright sunny day with deep blue sky above. A Greek flag flutters on the top, and soldiers of the Presidential Guard are visible on duty in front, guarding the Monument of the Unknown Soldier.
Arch of Hadrian (Hadrian's Gate), Athens, Greece, on a bright day with deep blue sky above. It is photographed here from the south east, looking north west, with buildings, traffic and part of the Acropolis visible behind, and people walking in front.
View from Ragavà Olive Grove, Athens, Greece, looking towards Mount Lycabettus, which is framed by lush green trees and plants in the park and has clear blue sky above. Two benches and a bit of paved park are visible at the bottom of the image.
Photograph of concrete in dappled light, with part of a tile showing a traditional greek pattern towards the centre.
Dehydrated. Photograph of a cable with dead grape vines hanging from it, with Athens city visible in the background below.
Holy Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary - Panagia Kapnikarea, Athens, Greece, amongst contemporary buildings in Athens, with people walking in the foreground and a blue sky above.
Traditional Greek Coffee, Ellinikos Kafes, Athens, Greece. Shown here is a briki, the pot used to brew the coffee on hot sand.
Street art near Athens Central Municipal Market, Monastiraki, Athens, Greece. Buildings surround a road, with cars and people. The buildings feature street art of a person with long hair looking downwards (by INO) to the centre-left and street art of a child looking at a sapling to the right (Untitiled by M. Koan)
An alley I came back to photograph. Photograph looking into a walkway with shuttered up doors and windows and illuminated signs above with a pharmacy logo, and Greek text advertising shop names.
Photograph showing Thea Rooftop Bar, with a sign reading 'thea' in orange on the wall to the right, and tables and chairs leading up to a view across Athens to the left.
Photograph looking up at columns on the side of The Parthenon at the Acropolis of Athens, with clear blue sky behind and above.
The Erechtheion at the Acropolis of Athens, in golden evening light, with hills and the city visible in the distance to the left.
Photograph of sunset over hills viewed from the Acropolis, with The Erechtheion to the right of the frame and tourists walking along the path towards the bottom.
Photograph looking across Athens city from the Acropolis, in fading pinkish evening light. A hill is in the centre, surrounded by buildings, with mountains in the background and parts of the Acropolis in the foreground.
The Acropolis of Athens, Athens, Greece, at twilight, viewed from Areopagus Hill.
Klepsydra (Κλεψύδρα) restaurant in Athens, Greece, with diners sitting outside and the Acropolis of Athens visible in the background.
Klepsydra (Κλεψύδρα) restaurant in Athens, Greece, with diners sitting outside and Fethiye Mosque Museum visible in the distance.
Monastiraki Square, Athens, Greece, with Tzisdarakis Mosque (Museum of Modern Greek Culture) to the left and the Monastiraki Metro station to the right, with people milling around and blue sky above.
Photograph taken in the Ancient Agora or Athens, showing the Temple of Hephaestus in the centre viewed between two columns that are in shade, with trees and plants below it and blue sky above.
The Temple of Hephaestus at the Ancient Agora of Athens, viewed from slightly below, with plants and trees in the foreground with columns of the temple visible behind.
Artefact in the Stoa of Attalos, three heads on plinths, the centre of which's face has worn away.
Photograph looking through the columns into The Temple of Hephaestus at the Ancient Agora of Athens.
Koulouri, sesame bread rings, in Athens, Greece.
The Acropolis of Athens, Athens, Greece, with trees and plants in the foreground, including pink nerium flowers to the right.
Window on the front of the Acropolis Museum, with columns either side and the Acropolis iteself reflected on the glass.
Photograph of an artifact on a plinth in the Acropolis Museum, a sculpture of a face with metal residue that has run down from the eyes, giving the appearance of tears.
Photograph of Tapfish bar, with seating in front and a 'no entry' sign in front of that, and colourful lights from other buildings with people walking down the street to the right, and plants growing across the top.
Photograph of the exterior of Café Avissinia, with tables and chairs and people dining in front, and a lit sign at the top of the building.
Apolcalypse Now by INO, street art in Agias Eleousis 2 & Miaouli, Psyri, Athens, Greece, at night. The art shows a person pulling on a balaclava.

If you’d like to know more about these photographs you can read my Notes on Athens here.

Equipment used:

Equipment used:

Fujifilm X-T3* (the X-T4 and X-T5 are the more recent versions)

Fujifilm XF 35mm f1.4 R Lens*

Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f4 R OIS WR Lens*

iPhone SE

Lomo’Instant Square Glass Camera

Fujifilm Instax Square Instant film*

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