Travel Photography – Santorini, Day 4.
Olga is still asleep in our villa. I let her have my room. It’s the best. I fell asleep outside on a hammock. We’re living like kings here. Special thanks to Eric for putting a blanket on me. There’s mosquitoes at night.
It’s 5 a.m. I have already been up for an hour. I love writing to you.
There is a cobblestone road leading up to our villa. Gas powered street lamps. The sky is blue as is the air in front of me. The kind of blue light you only find in the early morning. This island is ancient.
There are white villas on both sides of the street stretching for several blocks.
Olga is awake now. We don’t speak. It’s too early.
She is a very young girl. A teenager. Barefoot. Slim. She has the longest natural hair I have ever seen on a model. “Agencies and clients love her or hate her for it,” her agent in Athens told me. She won’t cut it. I don’t want her to.
She sits down next to me and smiles. There’s still the language barrier. I like the silence. Like a great silent film we communcate with our bodies. But not now. We’ll just sit for a couple minutes. Then we will get up and walk down to the church. The white one by the sea. We’ll take a couple pictures and see what sort of magic the day will deliver.
Olga Syzmanska
Olga by Voltaire
Greek Church
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Santorini is truly a magical place, and I love how you captured it in your description of this ancient island at dawn, and in your breathtaking photos of Olga. She sounds like a wonderful free spirit, the perfect subject for this incredible photoshoot.