Photos of the Day for April 29, 2010

The Cross I/Крыж (частка І) One of the most evocative sights in Belarus is the cross, placed at a village crossroad or along the road in the countryside.  I have been inspired to photograph crosses in great part by the timeless ethnographic-photographic study “Беларускія народныя Крыжы” (“Belarusan Folk Crosses”) of Mikhas’ Ramanjuk (1944-1997), published by… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 29, 2010

Photo of the Day for April 26, 2010

In homage to Vatslau Lastouski, a Belarusan patriot, writer, ethnographer, philologist and politician active in the first three decades of the 20th century.   Lastouski was executed in the Soviet GULAG in 1938.  Lastouski’s photo album of his mid-1920’s ethnographic expeditions to south-central Belarus is preserved in the Frantsysk Skaryna Library in London.  The album… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 26, 2010

Photo of the Day for April 22, 2010

In Honor of Belarusan Poets (III)/У гонар беларускіх паэтаў (частка ІІI) Aksana Danil’chyk (Part II)/Аксана Данільчык (частка ІІ) Please see the post for March 10 for part I of my homage to Belarusan poetess Aksana Danil’chyk.  In that post I gave an example of her lyrical poetry.  Here is an example of her lapidary poetic… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 22, 2010