Views of Polesia (Pripet Marshes) Палескія пейзажы. Crosses of Belarus (part CLXXXV): Varsyn’ Cemetery 2018. Крыжы Беларусі (частка CLXXXV): Могілкі ў в. Варсынь 2018 г.
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Photos of the Day for March 21, 2020
January 2020 photo expedition along the World War I Eastern Front: Pinsk, Parechcha, Al’shanka, Tsjeljakhany, S’vjataja Volja. Фотавандроўка ў студзені 2020 г. па лініі фронту Першай сусьветнай вайны: Пінск, Парэчча, Альшанка, Целяханы, Сьвятая Воля. One of the seats of the noble Skirmunt family, Parechcha in Pinsk District was the site of the Skirmunts’ woolen… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 21, 2020
Photos of the Day for January 15, 2020
Photo expedition to villages in the watershed of the Zakhodnjaja Bjarezina River, Iuje District 2019: Ljezhnjevichy, Pjesjevichy, Kozjevichy, Chapun’, Novaja Bjerazina, Mil’va-Bjarezina, Chernjevichy. Фотавандроўка па вёсках у басейне Заходняй Бярэзіны, Іўеўскі раён 2019 г.: Лежневічы, Песевічы, Козевічы, Чапунь, Новая Беразіна, Мільва-Бярэзіна, Чэрневічы. VIII/X: Mil’va-Bjarezina. VIII/X: Мільва-Бярэзіна. Traditional wooden fence. Традыцыйны драўляны плот.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 15, 2020
Photo of the Day for November 4, 2019
New cemetery, Tsjerablichy 2019. Tsjerablichy’s old cemetery in the heart of the village has retained most of its trees. However, the new cemetery on the outskirts of the village suffers from the same ruthless tree removal which local and district authorities across Belarus have carried out mindlessly. As a result many graves are blanketed by… Continue reading Photo of the Day for November 4, 2019
Photo of the Day for February 16, 2018
Crosses of Belarus (part LXXVI): wooden crosses in the new cemetery of Tsjerablichy 2018. Крыжы Беларусі (частка LXXVI): драўляныя крыжы на новых могілках у в. Цераблічы 2018 г.
Photos of the Day for June 13, 2017
Crosses of Belarus (part LXX): rare cemetery cross hewn from a single bough-section, Bizharavichy 2007-2017. This cross was still in good shape when I first saw it in 2007. However, the country-wide mania of cutting down cemetery trees hit Bizharavichy in 2014, and by late spring 2017 the last three years’ exposure to the elements… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 13, 2017