Tag Archives: Cas Oorthuys

649 – Athos in 1959: the second article (in Dutch)

Posted on December 16, 2008 by athosweblog

The second article by A. den Doolaard and Cas Oorthuys was published in the magazine Katholieke Illustratie of december 19th 1959: Athos, Island of silence. In this article they describe, after passing Koutloumousiou, the walk from Karyes to Dafni. On … Continue reading →

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646 – Athos in 1959: two articles in Dutch

Posted on December 15, 2008 by athosweblog

Almost 50 years ago the Dutch writer A. den Doolaard and his photographer Cas Oorthuys visited Greece in the summer of 1959 for two months. At the end of their journey they visited the Holy Mountain, accompanied by a (expensive) … Continue reading →

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636 – pictures of Cas Oorthuys from 1957

Posted on November 27, 2008 by athosweblog

Whenever I visit my local Greek traiteur Romios in Amsterdam (the best in town!), I envy the owners, because they posess three big black/white pictures made by one of the most famous Dutch photographers, Cas Oorthuys. I found out that … Continue reading →

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509 – A trip to Athos (day 2 nr 7)

Posted on June 20, 2008 by athosweblog

The next pictures from the Lavra monastery are all in black and white. Maybe I was inspired by a Dutch photographer, Cas Oorthuys, who visited Mount Athos somewhere in the fifties of the last century and who took a lot … Continue reading →

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108 – dag 2: Lavra in black and white

Posted on June 23, 2007 by athosweblog

In een winkel op de Ceintuurbaan in Amsterdam, waar je heerlijk grieks eten kan meenemen voor thuis, hangen een aantal foto’s aan de muur van Cas Oorthuys, die in de jaren 50 in Griekenland en op Athos is geweest en … Continue reading →

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