ATHENS WALKING
Stories, Fine Art Prints & Photographic Diary of Athens
by Nick S. Dessypris
ATHENS WALKING
by Nick S. Dessypris
Athens has colours, but its truth lives in monochrome.
Here, ancient stone and modern chaos share the same breath.
Here, geometry becomes rhythm, and everyday moments become stories.
This is not a guide.
This is not an influencer’s postcard feed.
This is a personal diary — walked, seen, and felt in black & white.
Photographed across seasons, on foot and from the sky,
with drones, cameras, instincts, and quiet rituals.
This collection reveals an Athens that colour hides.
Welcome to the monochrome soul of the city.
If you feel something when you look at these frames,
you’re in the right place.
Each print comes from the same photographic body that shapes
The Athens Monochrome Diary (March 2026).
Handcrafted with museum-grade materials
and produced in partnership with a leading European fine-art lab.
– Hundreds of photographs.
– Months of walking.
– A diary that grew into a portrait of a city.
This digital edition will include drone images, street moments,
night walks, rituals, faces, rooftops, and reflections from every corner of Athens.
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I walked this city for months — in heat, in wind, in silence, in crowds.
I photographed what stayed with me long after I left each place.
These pages are not a guide.
They are a confession of how Athens looks when you stop rushing and finally start seeing.
This diary is a visual record of Athens as it truly is:
light and shadow, ancient stone and modern noise, sacred and ordinary.
Shot on foot and from the air — from real streets to drone flights , in real time, across seasons: a monochrome portrait of a city that never stops speaking to those who walk it, and to those who rise above it.
Since we will walk together through Athens… let me introduce myself.
My name is Nick. I was born in this city, and lived here most of my life. Athens is the city that shaped me — the city I still carry with me wherever I go.
I have walked these streets as a child, as a student, as a young professional, as a dreamer. Here I took my first photographs when Iwas still a child. Later, as I studied photography, I kept shooting and shooting — until I felt I knew every angle, every light, every hidden spot in this city.
And this is what I want to share with you: a walk through Athens, even if you are sitting comfortably on your sofa, far away from Greece. I will show you the corners, the landmarks, the cafés, the restaurants — the city as I know it, so that when you come, it will already feel familiar.
And if you’re already in Athens? Even better. I’ll walk next to you through these pages, sharing everything you need to know — and a little more.
These short stories are moments captured during real walks through Athens — written between photographs, coffees, and quiet pauses. They are not guides or excerpts from books, but fragments of life — spontaneous reflections that reveal how the city truly feels when you slow down and walk through it.
These are not generic travel articles.They’re notes from real walks: a coffee here, a sunset there, the way light falls on stone or smoke drifts from a grill in Monastiraki.
Short stories, full of images and small details, written to help you feel Athens before you arrive.
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© 2025 Ektos World – Nick Dessypris.
