New! A Greek Journey. Words and Images

I’m excited to announce the publication of a compelling new book that reflects months of dedicated work. Greece at its most beautiful, in words and images. That’s A Greek Journey. Words and Images, my latest book, which has been released on November 28, 2025. In A Greek Journey. Words and Images one hundred of my photographs are each paired with a saying, a few lines from a song, or a quote from an ancient philosopher, modern Greek writer or foreign … Read More

Dionysis Savvopoulos (1944-2025)

  Last Tuesday, on October 21 2025, the singer Dionysis Savvopoulos died, at the age of 80. A poet, composer, and performer, Savvopoulos has been a musical chronicler of modern Greece for over half a century – blending poetry, politics, traditional folk sounds with rock influences. Early Life and Beginnings Born in Thessaloniki in 1944, Savvopoulos grew up in a country still recovering from war and political turmoil. He began studying law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki but soon … Read More

The Athenian, a unique picture of Greek history.

Greece has a large amount of printed newspapers and magazines. Fifteen daily national newspapers, sixteen sunday papers and ten weekly papers. Besides that, there are dozens of local and regional printed newspapers, and more than a hundred magazines. But printed Greek news in the English language is hard to find. For many years, I was a fan of Athens News, a newspaper which first appeared in 1952. I couldn’t properly read Greek in the 90’s, and when travelling through Greece, … Read More

My Greek wine tips

Greek wines are gaining more and more popularity. The quality is rising, there are more boutique wineries and the export is expanding. In 2011 my book Druiven en droesem, een reis langs Griekse wijngaarden was published. Since then, the Greek wine industry has developed extensively. Nowadays, there are more than 1200 wineries. They produce 2,1 milion hectoliters wine. Consumers abroad are getting slowly familiar with Greek grapes like Xinomavro, Agiorgitiko, Malagousia and Assyrtiko. A few weeks ago I sat down … Read More