Photo of the Day for June 3, 2017

Traditional backpack (noshka – ношка), Tsjerablichy 2014. It is ever rarer to see women carrying things in the traditional way by forming a large cloth into a backpack. Ношка, Цераблічы 2014 г.    

Photo of the Day for May 7, 2017

Apricot blossoms, Tsjerablichy 2017. Despite repeated cold waves throughout April, some apricot trees in Tsjerablichy resisted the rain and frosts and kept their blossoms. Абрыкос у росквіту, Цераблічы 2017 г.    

Photo of the Day for May 4, 2017

The bench (part XVI):  spring evening conversation.  Azdamichy 2014. 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 gathering place of generations on a summer’s eve, the village agora, the permanent observation post.  The… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 4, 2017

Photo of the Day for May 1, 2017

Sjamihos’tsichy 2014.  As apple blossoms swirled by, this father paused from fixing the tether of his horse to put his son on the horse’s back for a brief, exhilarating ride. Сямігосьцічы 2014 г.