
© Danae Charalabidou - “Silence in Liquid Light” - selected as Foto of the Day - January 2026
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Mama & Mio Part of a documentary series on generations and the power of womanhood. Care is the quiet infrastructure of a family: carried in hands, bodies, routines, time. The image traces a natural cycle, not as metaphor, but as fact: we come from one another, we are raised by one another, we become one another.
Storing flowers. This is part of my project Jasmine. Jasmine is a personal photographic journey into the memory and legacy of the women in my family. Through my family archive, I try to understand how experiences, wounds, and tenderness are passed down from generation to generation; from grandmother to mother to daughter. Jasmine is, for me, a way to come closer to the women who came before me, to acknowledge what they left within me, and to find my own place within this ongoing lineage.
This capture is part of a project called " La danse des Lumières" I decided to use light-painting as my main technique to portray my subjects. I love the mystery that light-painting creates, a subtle play between the concealed and the discretely revealed allowing the magic of light to filter deeply into the soul of emotions.
“Silence in Liquid Light” 3:4 From the Project “We Live In The Oblivion Of Our Transformations”
Project: Body Soul Photo: Women power Concept: series about perceiving the human body beyond stereotypes and visual clichés. It explores the boundary between the physical and the inner — between how a person appears and what they experience. In today’s visual culture, the body is often viewed as an object of observation and judgment. This project challenges that perception, proposing to see corporeality as an independent state — one that does not need to prove or hide, but simply to exist.
A Study of Masculine Grace” This work is a quiet conversation with self — a reminder that strength doesn’t always come with weight or noise. Sometimes it’s just the steady rhythm of showing up as you are. These images capture the parts of masculinity we don’t talk about enough: the softness beneath the muscle, the calm behind the posture, the small peace that comes when you stop trying to be what the world expects.
In Bloom, A Last Dance Before The Silence. Where an ending flares like a beginning, held between presence and disappearance, in a final surge of being.
Grafarkirkja is the oldest turf church in Iceland, built in 1240 and today a guardian of the country's history. While I was taking this photograph, I was lucky to have the church’s pastor arriving behind me—a very kind lady who offered to show me the inside of the church, which is normally closed to the public except during ceremonies.
This work explores how identity and emotion can be conveyed without the visible face, shifting the portrait from recognition to presence through body, gesture, texture, and light. The subject is a queer man living in the closet; the turned back becomes both protection and agency, while silhouette, shadow, and adornment carry what cannot yet be shown—vulnerability, restraint, and inner strength.
A self-portrait from the project about changes in women's body at the beginning of menopause period
The Journey of Farada Aklum- A story of the immigrant Farada Aklum from Ethiopia through Sudan
From my series Brewed Reflections: The Poetry of Ataya, a project that explores memory, identity, and community through the 'Ataya' tea ritual from West Africa. This image reflects on the balance between past and future. My uncle (pictured seated), who taught me the Ataya tea ritual, represents the wisdom passed through generations. The flower- masked figure stands for the youth: growing, changing, yet rooted. It shows how small traditions like tea-making keep us connected across time.
As an artist, I like to merge natural terrain with contemporary self-expression. In this image, the subject embodies autonomy and personal choice in a way that feels distinctly of our time, yet the physical connection to the land suggests something timeless. I am imagining the subject emerging from the landscape rather than placed upon it. @juliashoots
The Cormorant gang photographed an early autumn morning just outside Västerås, Sweden.
PHOTOGRAPH I CREATED OF A BOAT IN THE FOG HEADING NORTH OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE, USA
From this spectacular place, the human presence makes us understand the majesty of the mountains. I was waiting for someone to go to the viewpoint to shoot, and after a long wait a guy, seeing me with the tripod and the camera ready, looked at me and we nodded in agreement
As a street photographer, I love extreme weather. Although people often play the main roles in street photography, the surrounding nature plays a very important part in creating the atmosphere for the photos. This photo was taken through the wet and foggy glass in October 2023 in Mannerheimintie, Helsinki, Finland. Taken by Fuji X100f.
A couple is enjoying a sunny day on their terrace. Sunlight in Stockholm is always welcome since it doesn't get a lot of it. Sweden is known for its slower pace of life, so this kind of scenery isn't uncommon as soon as the Sun comes out - reading a book or scrolling through your phone, together and in silence.
Helsinki, 2025. From an ongoing series « Les amours sont comme les empires », shot on film (Ilford HP5).
As a street photographer, you always have to react quickly and to be aware to earn your luck. Things happen fast and unexpectedly. This image would not have been possible without having the camera in my hand, settings ready and my mind totally concentrated for the events on the street.
Italy, Summer 2023 "Emotive snapshots" is a body of work born suddenly on an early summer day, while I was observing my daughter relating to the sea and the bathers. All summer I captured moments of "magical realism" with my smartphone because I felt particularly inspired, transforming every day into a little fantastic story with soft colors and a retro atmosphere. Poetic visions that show how summer is not just a season but a feeling.
Year 5, Day 213: Like owner, like dog (I am now on year nine of a decade-long photo-a-day project. Carrying a camera everywhere and ending each day by editing the day's photos has become a way of life, and a unique way to show followers glimpses of my daily rhythm of life.)
“Parallel lives” This project connects New York, London, Stockholm, and Tokyo not through geography alone, but through a shared latitude of modern life. Situated within the same temperate urban belt, these cities operate inside a continuous 24-hour cycle of work, movement, and digital exchange. As one city sleeps, another wakes, sustaining an unbroken rhythm of global connectivity. Within this flow, the images focus on moments of disconnection.
1 photo of a photography series, that captures the everyday life of the city of Athens. A city widely seen as a major tourist destination. Yet in that reputation, we often forget the beauty found in the mundane. This work is a love letter to the streets of Athens and to the poetry of daily life.
Tilte: 01/111 (2025) Photograph is part of the documentary project Mind Gap. The project was created in Oslo, but it explores a universal issue tied to multicultural coexistence: generalisation, stereotypes and subtle racism. Method: Half-face portraits made in diverse neighbourhoods were later combined by strangers from other parts of the city, producing hybrid faces with new identities. Paired with personal statements on these topics, project forms a complex polyphony of images and opinions.