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
Author: johnkunstadter
Photo of the Day for April 28, 2010: The Bench I
The Bench I/Лаўка (частка І) 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 village agora, the permanent observation post. The bench is the witness to the changing fortunes of the village and at… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 28, 2010: The Bench I
Photo of the Day for April 27, 2010
Krahli 2010/Краглі 2010 год
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 25, 2010
Baranauka 2010/Баранаўка 2010 год
Photo of the Day for April 24, 2010
Prazaroki 2007/Празарокі 2007 год
Photo of the Day for April 23, 2010
Planting Potatoes, Kamjen’ 2009/Камень 2009 год
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
Photo of the Day for April 21, 2010
Zhytkavichy 2010/Жыткавічы 2010 год
Photo of the Day for April 20, 2010
River Usa, Chervjen’ Region 2010/рака Уса, Чэрвеньскі раён 2010 год