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Rufus Airlines Panos Chasapis is a Greek photographer based in Amsterdam & Zürich.

September … ♥️The Month of Questions ..When some of your favorite journalists secretly ask robots to write their sentenc...
04/09/2025

September … ♥️
The Month of Questions ..

When some of your favorite journalists secretly ask robots to write their sentences…

When half your friends freeze their foreheads, swearing no one can tell (spoiler: we can)…

When your nephew plead with you to join TikTok, but you’d rather not dance hip hop for algorithms…

When even your beloved flowers surprise you... magically seeds become flowers and you find them in supermarket ... within 15 days!!!
as if to say “I bet you didn’t expect this!”

When reading ten pages from your book straight feels heroic, because your phone keeps whispering, “Check me, check me…”

When every email sounds like it came from the same polite (but boring) chatbot..
while its sender beams about their “unique voice”

That’s when you go quiet.
You sneak off to the Swiss forest, to the loneliest corner you can find, and sit there.
To ask the old same questions:

Who am I?

Who do I actually want to be?

& Hours pass. No lightning bolts of wisdom arrive.

But in the hush, you notice something small:
a breath of clarity, like sunlight weaving through the September leaves.

You don’t have the answer yet.
But you feel it coming.
Honestly birds
sometimes, that’s enough.

Hugs ###x
Panos🐧

It’s dahlia season again.As a child, they meant the end of holidays and the start of school.Now in Switzerland, they sta...
24/08/2025

It’s dahlia season again.

As a child, they meant the end of holidays and the start of school.

Now in Switzerland, they stand in a vase by the window
a softer ending, they bloom beside my coffee and my morning dreams.
Still the same flowers, still a new beginning.
Happy Sunday Swimmers ♥️

Red, yellow, green… the summer catwalk is in my kitchenTomatoes brought the Greek drama .Garlic brought the Italian goss...
16/08/2025

Red, yellow, green… the summer catwalk is in my kitchen
Tomatoes brought the Greek drama .
Garlic brought the Italian gossip .
Basil brought the Mediterranean charm.

This is summer’s love letter and I’m reading it with a fork & love.

Happy Summer Days Lovers .❤️

Hello Summer Lovers ❤️Yesterday the lake was alive !A patchwork of bright umbrellas, laughing swimmers, and boats drifti...
09/08/2025

Hello Summer Lovers ❤️

Yesterday the lake was alive !
A patchwork of bright umbrellas, laughing swimmers, and boats drifting like lazy cats in the sun.
Canoes skimmed the glittering water, music floated from a nearby pier, and the air smelled of sunscreen and lake breeze.

From behind my camera, I caught it all :
Splashes frozen mid-air, smiles warmed by the August light.

But as a Zürcher, I also felt it: the joy of belonging here, where summer feels endless and the lake is everyone’s heartbeat.

Hug You Warmly & Augustly
Panos ###

🎶🎶Imagine me and you, I doI think about you day and nightIt’s only rightTo think about the girl you loveAnd hold her tig...
08/04/2025

🎶🎶Imagine me and you, I do
I think about you day and night
It’s only right
To think about the girl you love
And hold her tight
So happy together….🎶🎶🎶🎶 ♥️🤍

I’m making another cake to welcome spring.Flour is everywhere.Almonds lying on the floor.The scale are smeared with eggs...
06/04/2025

I’m making another cake to welcome spring.

Flour is everywhere.
Almonds lying on the floor.
The scale are smeared with eggs & the kitchen smells of cinnamon.
My white t shirt goes in the washing machine .
I’m thinking about the birthday cake I’m going to make in a few months (when I turn 53)
I need to pick a recipe that reflects everything I feel about my life to date.
I’ll see. I’ve got some time left.

The chestnut trees on the opposite side of the street where I live are almost green.
I’m looking at the photos from Milan again.
Italy and Greece in spring are the great wonders. The countless wildflowers, the returning migratory birds, the stopovers, the poppy fields...

It’s time to plan the next journey . No rush and no need to do everything. Selectively . Qualitatively & with feeling.

Happy Sunday , Birds ! ♥️🤍

Rain.The lake is dark and frozen!In contrast to the magnolias and cherry trees that illuminate the entire city and warm ...
29/03/2025

Rain.
The lake is dark and frozen!
In contrast to the magnolias and cherry trees that illuminate the entire city and warm us with their wonderful colors.
A walk at 6:30 in the morning.
I am almost alone.
Two runners, a rower , a lady with a naughty dog, a few ducks and me ..

The morning newspapers thrown in front of the doors ready to read. No cafes open at this time.

I am not complaining. Since last year when I got the best coffee machine, I like nothing more than my own cappuccino. Of course I put it in the container and take it with me.

My coat is wet. I walk slowly and without an umbrella.
I remember that I mustn’t forget to breathe and I take a deep breath.. and another.. until I forget again.

I check the paper with the groceries again. I still write in pencil what I have to buy. I always leave this little list in the supermarket basket when I leave. An old school habit.

Behind the Opera a group of young people are screaming loudly. „Forgotten Friday drinkers“. They are searching in their pockets for money.. counting it out... . I would really like to take them all with me for a nice breakfast. To treat them to the best croissants & omelets . But I am ashamed and I know that I will not do it. When I was in their age I would really like someone to have done it for me.

I’m reading a message on my phone. I’m smiling. I’d love to tell you what it says, but I won’t. I don’t want to shock you. It’s Saturday morning and you’re warm in your beds.
Stay there a little longer.
Cancel and push away the insignificant tasks you planned for today.
Tell your partner to hug you tightly and if you haven’t.. give yourself a hug.
I’m hugging you mentally too.
Happy Saturday Swallows ♥️

The screams that are heard from the bathroom at 6:30 in the morning throughout the bauhaus building of Geranienstrasse a...
28/03/2025

The screams that are heard from the bathroom at 6:30 in the morning throughout the bauhaus building of Geranienstrasse are mine.

It is the highlight of the day for me. This movement of the fingers that gradually but quickly turn the shower head from „safe hot“ to „risky cold“ ... and from there to the „unknown icy water“.
The body that resists .. that reacts .. that will surrender and that is finally pleased.
The neurons of the brain wake up and send messages of awakening and alertness.

After that, the day begins revolutionaryly.
The voice gets stronger when it says good morning .. when it asks for something .. when it demands .. when it organizes. The gait is steady and dynamic. The gaze becomes penetrating and revealing.

Please …Try it. Even for a while. Especially now that Spring is giving us better temperatures, it’s worth daring to do so.

And now ..An unrelated detail to the above:
Any mention of politics and freedom in a post is tantamount to the post being downgraded. The algorithm automatically weakens it. It’s something I’ve noticed in recent months.

Fortunately, the beauty of Spring destroys the ugliness of brainless creatures.
(Unfortunately, only in my imagination)
Happy Friday, my friends. 🎬♥️

In Berlin, people go in and out of cafes with incredible ease even when it’s snowing outside and the temperature is -10....
25/03/2025

In Berlin, people go in and out of cafes with incredible ease even when it’s snowing outside and the temperature is -10.

They wear heavy coats and hats (a fashion trend from the 50s, maybe even the 30s) and wear almost nothing inside. Small, almost transparent T-shirts, dresses with thin fabrics and a mood that is more reminiscent of Spring. My friend Simone and I order a good blend and observe the patrons again.. how they communicated.. how they chatted.. about art, love, politics. Passionately and with strong opinions. I overhear some difficult words in German. I don’t dare pronounce them.

A girl walks past me and smiles at me. She pushes the bathroom door that is blocked. I help her open it. Outside on the street, a small demonstration is taking place. Workers are on strike for something I don’t understand.. (or maybe I already know). My attempt to help the girl remains ineffective. Another patron tries to help.

The workers enter the cafe. They greet us. They hand out cards with the demands for which they are striking. One of them..a very strong takes off and hits the door hard. He opens it of course. We applaud him. He must be 25 years old. He smiles shyly. The girl thanks him as if he were her hero. He almost blushes. He runs to find his companions but looks in the cafe window in case he sees the girl again, but she has disappeared ..in the sanctuary of the ladies room .

I go to my coffee table and i ask my friend to read the text from the pamphlet . She reads it with a fighting spirit. I am moved to hear her. I am in Berlin and my heart is beating fast. The people here are still alive. They are still fighting.
I wave to the wonderful barista :
More coffee please.
More newspapers.
More passion.
More power.
More Freedom .
Fewer and fewer fascists until they vanish from Berlin.

Outside my window there is a wild almond tree that always blooms in the last week of March. It is truly a dream. For abo...
20/03/2025

Outside my window there is a wild almond tree that always blooms in the last week of March. It is truly a dream. For about ten days what I see when I open the shutters is magical. For the last two years I have been away on trips when it was in bloom and I had missed this divine gift and its striving for perfection. I felt like those irresponsible fathers who do not participate at all in the progress and life of their children at school due to career obligations. Last February the gardener pruned it too much. Wanting to protect it from the trumpwisteria that shamelessly spread over all the trees in the garden and literally devoured the small beautiful wild almond tree with its climbing aspirations. This year I will be here to admire it. To see bees and birds feasting on its branches. I will just make sure to be a good and loving father. Welcome Spring 🎬♥️

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