Eastern Europe

[jbielikowski]

I envy you, the picture, the opportunity, I'm waiting for more, hope you can put together a small (5-7) picture series from that.

spent a day in a farm in central Poland, photographing. Not many memorable pictures from that day, it was more challenging than i thought (no good light available) but here is one and i will scan some more next weekend.

 

[p.giannakis]

I envy you, the picture, the opportunity, I'm waiting for more, hope you can put together a small (5-7) picture series from that.

5 to 7 is overly optimistic but I will try. Saturday evenings are my music+scanner evenings 😁

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. No exif data.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, on the road to Transnistria. Transnistria is an unrecognized state internationally considered to be part of Moldova. The Council of Europe considers a continued Russian military presence in Transnistria as a military occupation. Canon PowerShot G7.

 

[Glenn2]

Istanbul in 1971. 3g, Elmar 5cm, Agfa CNS

 

[Glenn2]

Istanbul 1971, 3g, 5cm Elmar, Tri-X

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. Hot water lines (collective city heating). Canon PowerShot G10.

 

[jbielikowski]

Glenn, those are fantastic (but I may be baised cause I'm a sucker for Old Istanbul), post more if you have some!

Shameless plug- after five years I brought back to life my blog (that's so millenial). I'm trying to make a daily upload from my archives, with theme changing every week to keep it entertaining.
Probably most of it gonna be Eastern Europe pictures. You are all welcome to visit, of course I'll keep posting some new stuff here.
Jan Bielikowski

 

[p.giannakis]

Istanbul 1971, 3g, 5cm Elmar, Tri-X


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This is brilliant!

 

[p.giannakis]

You are all welcome to visit, of course I'll keep posting some new stuff here.
Jan Bielikowski

I am not sure how to subscribe to this. I'll bookmark it.

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (hektor 50mm f2.5) leica ll

Babroejsk (Belarus) 2001

Erik.

 

[jbielikowski]

I am not sure how to subscribe to this. I'll bookmark it.

Now that's a good question! I never used RSS feeds or similar, but I think this is what you're looking for: https://janbielikowski.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

I found it on the very bottom of the page.

 

[Glenn2]

I'll look in the archives Jan and see what I've got. Was only in Turkey once in 1971 while trying to do around the world in eighty days with a PanAm ticket. Didn't have the time an overland trip would have required. Back in the day there was a place in Istanbul that was called the Pudding Shop where travellers/hippies gathered. Unfortunately I didn't get a photo back then, but if you look up "Pudding Shop" on Wikipedia they have an old photo and history of the place, apparent it's still in business. Pudding Shop - Wikipedia
Have you heard of it?


Here's a couple from inside Hagia Sofia with the 3g and 3.5cm Summaron.

 

[Out to Lunch]

On the road from Kyiv to Chisinau on the 'Olympic Road' which was built in preparation for the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics. It was a shortcut but also a dreadful ride. Canon PowerShot G7.

 

[Out to Lunch]

On the road from Kyiv to Odesa. This trip was hard on the driver...many hours on a straight road without any discernable features. Nicolai always skipped lunch so as not to get drowsy after a meal. Canon PowerShot G7.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Chisinau, Turist. There were few tourists to be found. Canon 1DMIII - EF 1.4/50.

 

[p.giannakis]

I had the chance to spend some time in a relative's farm this summer. Due to the fertile ground in this area, it was relatively prosperous community of farmers in the past. With the massive migration of the 90s the village started declining until the last few years when a number of factories (Thule, Amica etc.. ) drew some younger population back in the area. So this area now is a mixture of newly built estates and declining farms.



Potatoes are the main vegetable grown in the area. Due to EU regulations posing restrictions regarding keeping livestock in populated areas most farmers switched to growing potatoes.



In the past there used to be a small population of protestants - you can find quite a few deserted churches like this scattered around.



In general my kids love visiting our relatives there - they treat the area as a massive playground.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Very nice, Pan.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. Potatoes galore. Many of the sellers were small-time farmers from Transnistria. No exif data.

 

[Erik van Straten]

I love these, Pan!


gelatin silver print (hektor 50mm f2.5) leica ll

Babruysk, 2001

Erik.