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. VI/X: Novaja Bjerazina. VI/X: Новая Беразіна. Polish-era cobblestone street.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 13, 2020
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Photos of the Day for July 15, 2019
Photo excursion to Njas’vizh and Stoubtsy Districts 2018: Vuzhanka, Asmolava, Sjejlavichy, Kunasa, Amlyntsy, Novyja Navasjolki, Zhatsjerava. Фотавандроўка па Нясьвіжскім і Стаўбцоўскім раёнах 2018 г.: Вужанка, Асмолава, Сейлавічы, Кунаса, Амлынцы, Новыя Навасёлкі, Жацерава. Asmolava III/III: village scenes. Асмолава III/III: у вёсцы. Churches of Belarus (part CCCXVIII): Protestant church in pre-war house covered in… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 15, 2019
Photo of the Day for May 13, 2019
Rites of spring in Polesia (Pripet Marshes): new fence. Tsjerablichy 2019. Local authorities try to impose monotonous concrete fences along the main streets of Belarusian villages. However, many homeowners insist — quite properly — on maintaining their property in good order themselves and in their own individual way. Wooden fences are thus a classic expression… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 13, 2019
Photo of the Day for October 11, 2018
Homage to the Fence. Tsjerablichy 2018. “Good fences make good neighbors,” as Robert Frost noted in his laconic, ironic New England voice. Fences in Belarus show homeowners’ pride in order — a prized general value in a village — but also their individuality. Even when tired after years of faithful service, the Belarusan wooden fence… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 11, 2018
Photo of the Day for October 7, 2018
Homage to the Fence. Tsjerablichy 2018. “Good fences make good neighbors,” as Robert Frost noted in his laconic, ironic New England voice. Fences in Belarus show homeowners’ pride in order — a prized general value in a village — but also their individuality. Even when tired after years of faithful service, the Belarusan wooden fence… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 7, 2018
Photos of the Day for August 30, 2018
Photo survey of Iuje District: Hudzishki, Barutsishki, Zubavichy, Hudzjenjaty (Hudzinjenta), Lazduny, Bacheshniki, Lazduny 2. Фотавандроўка па Іўеўскім раёне: Гудзішкі, Баруцішкі, Зубавічы, Гудзеняты (Гудзінента), Лаздуны, Бачэшнікі, Лаздуны 2. Hudzjenjaty (Hudzinjenta) 2018. Гудзеняты (Гудзінента) 2018 г. Main street in the village. Галоўная вуліца. Traditional window lintels and carved ornamentation. Традыцыйнае… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 30, 2018
Photos of the Day for June 24, 2017
Evening light in late spring, Tsjerablichy 2017. From mid-May the Polesian evening sky rises and the light gives a lingering caress to wooden fences and the sides of wooden houses. Вячэрнае асьвятленьне познай вясной, Цераблічы 2017 г.
Photo of the Day for April 20, 2017
Belarus in spring: haystack from the previous year and new fence. Filipinjaty 2014. Беларусь увесну: леташні стог і новы плот. Філіпіняты 2014 г.