Tag: Polesians

Photos of the Day for June 26, 2020

One August evening in 2019 I stopped by the Rakavjets household in Azdamichy to deliver a photo album dedicated to Kolja Rakavjets.  Kolja, the sextan of Azdamichy’s church for more than 40 years, had passed away earlier in the year.  See photos of the day for August 5, 2019.  I found Kolja’s grandsons Leanid and… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 26, 2020

Photo of the Day for June 24, 2020

Portraits of Polesia, Tsjerablichy 2019. Daniila Naskjevich was accompanying me to the center of the village when these ladies insisted he join them for a portrait on the bench. Партрэты Палесься, Цераблічы 2019 г. Спадар Данііла мяне суправаджаў да цэнтру вёскі, калі спадарыні настойвалі, каб ён далучыўся да іх для гуртавага партрэту на лаўцы.  … Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 24, 2020

Photos of the Day for September 14, 2019

Portraits of Polesia:  patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2019. Партрэты Палесься: прастольнае сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2019 г.           Many people from the next-door village of Tsjerablichy, which belonged to the parish of the Holy Trinity until Tsjerablichy built its own church in 2014, returned to Azdamichy for the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 14, 2019

Photos of the Day for June 1, 2019

Eastertide portraits of Polesia:  great-grandmother Marusja, Tsjerablichy 2007 and 2019. Велікодныя партрэты Палесься: прабабуля Маруся, Цераблічы 2007 і 2019 гг.   It is a pleasure to greet great-grandmother Marusja, whom one always finds hard at work.  In fact, Marusja was the first person from Tsjerablichy I ever photographed:  she was walking briskly home when we… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 1, 2019