From the Archive - 1983 - Agios Nikolaos, Crete

Another upload from my archive of scans.

This is September 1983, Agios Nikolaos on the island of Crete.

I didn't realise that I did a few street photographs back in the day, but here you have it, a Greek Grandmother with her grandchild (not too sure if it is a little girl or boy, I think girl) on a back street in the town.

The child will be in her 40's now, scary isn't it?

When I saw the photo, I remember that I pointed my camera at the lady and gestured if it was OK to take a photo.

Olympus OM20 and 50mm f1.8 lens

[Mags]

Wow! Great street shot. It is very scary! I wish I was still in my 40s.

[Corinne C]

It's a phenomenal picture, a snapshot of a recent but foreign past.

[Carole Sandford]

A great piece of street photography! I think the child is a girl too. My initial reaction on seeing this was “ oh, Cyprus”! It could easily be a Cyprus village scene, also we used to live in a place called Agioa Nikolaos, how spooky is that?

[Corinne]

Great vintage candid Phil !

[Peter Dulis]

such a nice photojournalist shot :)

[LManning (Laura)]

A terrific street portrait with lots of character. Also, that tube top in the background is quite…something.

[Casablanca]

Wonderful, so Cretan! Takes me back all those years.......

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely street shot. Very memorable too.

[Granny7(Denise)]

Great shot Phil, wouldn’t it be amazing if you could find her

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Phil Howcroft]

@bkbinthecity cheers bkb

@denful Denise, that's a good shout

@sangwann thanks Dione. much appreciated

@casablanca Thanks Casa' there is a lot to see in the street scene

@ljmanning thanks Laura, I assume "tubes" were fashion statements back in the day, the lady does look quite mature too

@pdulis thanks Peter that is a really nice comment

@cocobella Merci Corrine, I am pleased you like this shot

@carole_sandford Quite spooky Carole !

@corinnec that is a really excellent observation Corinne :)

@marlboromaam Thanks Mags, I sort of assumed you had not reached your 40's yet !!! Honest !

[Mags]

@phil_howcroft LOL! You go ahead and assume.

[Judith Johnson]

Great capture and memories Phil

[Phil Howcroft]

@busylady thank you judith , I am digging into my archive as the recent short grey days aren't brilliant for photography

[Hazel]

So interesting, Phil, to see where our photography has taken us and how it has developed. After my op I did similar and found it enlightening to dig into my files.