Author: johnkunstadter

August Evening at the Summer Cottage, Mjensk Region 2010/Персікі жнівеньскім вечарам на лецішчы, Меншчына 2010 год

The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary” VIII/Надзвычайнае ў “звычайным“ (частка VIII) Belarusans consider neatly stockpiled wood a sign of thrifty, responsible home ownership. Dzisna 2010/Дзісна 2010 год

Three Generations/Тры пакаленьні As part of my photographic work in Belarus I have been presenting a copy of national poet Ryhor Baradulin’s book of aphorisms “Навошта” (Navoshta — “What For?”) to everyone whose portrait appears in the book.  One evening in August I found this grandfather, whose photo appears on p. 124 of the book,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 24, 2010

Portraits of Mjensk II/Партрэты Менску (частка ІІ) 2010/2010 год

Enduring Faces II, Kharkovichy 2010/Выветраныя твары ІІ, Харковічы 2010 год

Vjeljamichy 2010/Велямічы 2010 год The Orthodox Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 21.  З нагоды Раства Прасьвятой Багародзіцы.

Women of Polesia I/Паляшучкі І Vjeljamichy 2010/Велямічы 2010

Summer’s End, Zhukhavichy Vjalikija 2009/На прыканцы лета, Жухавічы Вялікія 2009 год

Sorting Potatoes, Kozhava 2009/Кожава 2009 год

On September 17, 1939, in the framework of the secret annex to the Soviet-Nazi Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and while Germany was well into its invasion of Poland from the west, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east.  The Soviet regime occupied, annexed, and imposed thorough Sovietization on western Belarus in the 21 months before the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 17, 2010