Tag: village benches

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 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 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