In honor of the Czech photographer Jan Reich (1942-2009), who died suddenly and unexpectedly from cancer November 14 at the age of 67. У гонар вялікага чэскага фатографа Яна Рэйха (14.05.1942 – 14.11.2009), які раптоўна і нечакана памёр ад раку 14 лістапада ва ўзросьце 67 гадоў. Na počest velkého českého fotografa Jana Reicha (1942-2009). With… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 21, 2009
Month: December 2009
Photo of the Day for December 20, 2009
Lipnishki 2008 (to mark Advent IV)/Ліпнішкі 2008 (з нагоды IV Нядзелі Адвэнту)
Photo of the Day for December 19, 2009
Spring Flood, Vjeras’nitsa 2008 (for Janka)/Паводка, Верасьніца 2008 (для Янкі)
Photo of the Day for December 18, 2009
Wild Hunt, Zhytkavichy District 2009/Дзікае паляваньне, Жыткавіцкі раён 2009
Photo of the Day for December 17, 2009
Four generations in Khlupin (2007)/Чатыры пакаленьні ў Хлупіне (2007): Maria (97) with her granddaughter/Спадарыня Марыя (97) з унучкай Maria with her daughter and two great grandchildren/Спадарыня Марыя з дачкой і праўнукамі
Photo of the Day for December 16, 2009
Voutautsy 2009/Воўтаўцы 2009
Photos of the Day for December 15, 2009
Polesian Whimsy: The first photo shows a cafe whose name in Russian, Бутербродная романтика (“Butjerbrodnaja ramantjika”; the Belarusan would be written, and pronounced, differently: Бутэрбродная рамантыка), can be translated as “Romance of the Open-Faced Sandwich”. The second photo shows a country store whose name, Стырь (written in Russian), while referring to the Styr (Стыр in… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 15, 2009
Photos of the Day for December 14, 2009
In honor of Belarusan poets, part I: Анатоль Сыс (Anatol’ Sys), 1959-2005. A native of Haroshkau in Rechytsa district of the Pripet region of southern Belarus, and a devoted voice of the Belarusan language, Sys published three anthologies during the meteoric poetic trajectory of his short life. The first was Агмень (“Ahmjen’”), a rarely-used Belarusan… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 14, 2009
Photo of the Day for December 13, 2009
Sjemuradtsy 2007 (to mark Advent III and St. Lucia’s Day)/Семурадцы 2007 (з нагоды ІІІ Нядзелі Адвэнту і ў гонар Сьвятай Люцыі)
Photo of the Day for December 12, 2009
Ljakhaushchyna 2006/Ляхаўшчына 2006