ThanosEfthymiou

Photographer. Street, travel and portrait work from cities across North America and Europe, made in the hour the light turns gold.

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Golden hour over the city, photograph by Thanos Efthymiou

Behind the lens

Every frame
starts here.

Wait for
the light.

Then step
inside it.

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What I photograph

Four subjects I return to, wherever I am. Every frame is shot and graded by me.

Manhattan Bridge framed between brick buildings in Brooklyn

Cities

Portrait of an elderly man at Christmas

People

Beach at sunset with waves and orange clouds

Coast

Chicago Theatre marquee lit up at night

Night

Light, found

A sequence from the archive. Open any frame full size, or see the whole gallery.

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Big Ben and a red double-decker bus in London — London

Chicago skyline in warm evening light — Chicago

The Vessel staircase sculpture in Hudson Yards, New York — New York

Beach at sunset with waves and orange clouds — Greece

Chicago Theatre marquee lit up at night — Chicago

Portrait of an elderly man at Christmas — Portrait

Public Market Center neon sign in Seattle — Seattle

Old sailing ship moored at dusk — Harbour at dusk

Reading room with green desk lamps and arched windows — Reading room

Turquoise Volkswagen Beetle parked on a street — Street

Elderly couple standing in a narrow village street — Portrait

Neon signs of 42nd Street at night, New York — New York

Long wooden pier stretching over the sea — Pier

Silhouette of a man against the night sky — Night

Columbus Tower and the Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco — San Francisco

Neon-lit art deco hotels at night — Neon

British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria — Victoria, BC

Elderly couple reading on a train — Commute

Greek flag above the sea at golden hour — Golden hour

Deer standing on a hillside at golden hour — Wildlife

Man in a hat standing in a golden field at sunset

Photography started as a creative escape. Now it's how I see everything.

Travel shaped how I see: quiet streets, fleeting glances, big landscapes and the texture of city life. I look for the emotion and the detail that most people walk past.

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