Month: November 2010

Photo of the Day for November 28, 2010: Advent I

To mark Advent I.  З нагоды першай нядзелі Адвэнту. Ruins of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Bjelaja Tsarkva 2010.  Царква Сьв. Тройцы, Белая Царква 2010 год.

Photo of the Day for November 26, 2010: The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary”: Hands IV

The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary”:  Hands IV.  Надзвычайнае ў “звычайным“: Рукі (частка ІV). Hard-working but ever graceful.  Alert even in repose, when they rest — as always — in their proper place.  I think Belarusan hands reveal most eloquently Belarusans’ distinctive and instinctive traditions and attachment to place. Працавітыя, але абавязкова зграбныя, дбайныя нават у… Continue reading Photo of the Day for November 26, 2010: The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary”: Hands IV

Photo of the Day for November 24, 2010: The Bench V

The Bench V.  Лаўка (частка V). What can seem more prosaic than the plain wooden bench in front of almost every village house in Belarus?  And yet the bench is the pivot of social life, the gathering place of generations on a summer’s eve, the village agora, the permanent observation post.  The bench is the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for November 24, 2010: The Bench V

Photo of the Day for November 23, 2010: Portraits of Belarus II

Portraits of Belarus II.  Партрэты Беларусі (частка ІІ). Apple-Blessing Festival, Azdamichy 2010 (see also photos for August 16-20).  Яблычны Спас, Аздамічы 2010 год (гл. таксама фотаздымкі 16-20 жніўня).

Photo of the Day for November 21, 2010: The Cross III

The Cross III.  Крыж (частка ІІІ). 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… Continue reading Photo of the Day for November 21, 2010: The Cross III