Month: November 2010

Old and new.  In the background a traditional log house with thatched roof, storks’ nests, and pre-Christian sun symbol on the gable; in the left foreground the homeowners’ hothouse for growing cucumbers to export to the Russian market.  A boom in hothouses and cucumber exports was key to a sharp rise in prosperity in this… Continue reading Photo of the Day for November 20, 2010

Interior Light I.  Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне (частка І). There is something deeply comforting in the natural light that suffuses a Belarusian home.  This is a light as ineffable and timeless as it is bound to place and season. The linen fabric in this photo was hand-woven by the grandmother of the house. Сонечнае сьвятло напаўняе беларускі… Continue reading Photo of the Day for November 19, 2010: Interior Light I

Portraits of Belarus I.  Партрэты Беларусі (частка І). Azdamichy 2010.  Аздамічы 2010 год.

The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary”:  Hands III.  Надзвычайнае ў “звычайным“: рукі (частка ІІІ). 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 17, 2010: The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary”: Hands III

Portraits of Mjensk VI.  Партрэты Менску (частка VI). Mjensk 2009.  Менск 2009 год

Women of Polesia IX.  Паляшучкі (частка IX). Vjeljamichy 2010.  Велямічы 2010 год.

Autumn Bounty, Tsjerablichy 2010.  Цераблічы 2010 год.

Tsjerablichy 2010.  Цераблічы 2010 год

Today is RadzimaPhoto’s first anniversary.  I would like to express my gratitude to all of you who visit the site.  Your interest, support and comments inspire me to continue. Every photo on the site honors the common man – his faith, his modesty, his dignity, and his determination to pass on his traditions to succeeding… Continue reading First Anniversary of RadzimaPhoto. Сайту RadzimaPhoto спаўняецца год.

Polesia on My Mind.  Сэрца просіць. Tsjerablichy 2010.  Цераблічы 2010.