Photos of the Day for February 8, 2018

On the eve of Granny Prosja’s 100th birthday, Tsjerablichy 2018. Напярэдадні сотага дня народзінаў бабулі Просі Шпакевіч, Цераблічы 2018 г.     Three generations (l-r):  Prosja, her granddaughter Tanja, daughter Halja (Tanja’s aunt) and son Khvjedar (Tanja’s father). Тры пакаленьні (злева): бабуля Прося, яе ўнучка Таня, дачка Галя (Таніна цётка) і сын Хведар (Танін бацька).… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 8, 2018

Photos of the Day for January 19, 2017

Granny Maryja Mal’tsjevich (February 9, 1933 – January 10, 2017).  It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of kind Granny Maryja.  It was an honor and a pleasure to photograph her with members of her family many times over the years.  Condolences to her children, grandchildren, other relatives, and friends. Калі… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 19, 2017

Photo of the Day for December 30, 2016

Portraits of Polesia:  Granny Prosja (1918) at work.  Tsjerablichy 2016. Vjerka and I stopped by Granny Prosja’s house to say hello but she had gone out in the falling snow to try to cover the pile of hay she uses in tending her chickens.  We found her hard at work in the barnyard. In the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 30, 2016

Photo of the Day for October 5, 2016

Polesian roads:  from the Sporava Marsh Preserve to Pinsk, part III/V.  Belarus in Faces (part CCXIII):  Bjezdzjezh 2016. Палескія дарогі:  са Спораўскага заказніку ў Пінск, частка III/V.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CCXIII):  Бездзеж 2016 г.