Eastern Europe

[jbielikowski]

I realized pictures in this thread create somewhat false image of the region, mostly because decay is very photogenic but also we do chase nostalgia and remnants of the past. I don't even go Downtown to make pictures, cause I don't care.

 

[Out to Lunch]

I don't even go Downtown to make pictures, cause I don't care.




Chisinau, Moldova. September 2008. Others do care. All the staff members who worked with me during my stay in this country emigrated, as have many of my interlocutors.

 

[p.giannakis]

I realized pictures in this thread create somewhat false image of the region, mostly because decay is very photogenic but also we do chase nostalgia and remnants of the past. I don't even go Downtown to make pictures, cause I don't care.

This is very nice image. It does evoke a sense of nostalgia to me.

 

[Out to Lunch]

This is very nice image. It does evoke a sense of nostalgia to me.

Agreed, not nostalgia. Just neglect. Cheers, OtL

 

[valdas]

Small town in Lithuania where I grew up. Lithuania is a catholic country, but one can find there some orthodox churches as well. Mamiya C330, expired Fuji Velvia:

 

[p.giannakis]

Brilliant colours !

 

[jbielikowski]

view from my window, Warsaw, Poland 2018.

but all I do recently (almost a year now) is an ongoing series about Mazovia region, mostly parts north of Warsaw.

 

[Rangefinder 35]

Prague, Czech Republic.

[/url]Timothy_Prague_008 by P, on Flickr[/IMG]
Nikon N90, 24/2.8 Nikkor, Provia 100F

 

[Joao]

Small town in Lithuania where I grew up. Lithuania is a catholic country, but one can find there some orthodox churches as well. Mamiya C330, expired Fuji Velvia:

Excellent photo, very nice combination of colours.
Joao

 

[David Hughes]

Agreed, not nostalgia. Just neglect. Cheers, OtL

We are suffering from neglect in England too. It started some years ago when the Govt. decided that tax cuts were good and everyone would benefit from a more efficient use of tax payers' money. Alas, they did it year after year and the result is chaos.

So roads are pot-holed, paths are blocked and so on. And then there's the flooding...

I dare say that many other countries have the same problems; especially since Govt's usually go looking for the cheapest solution, that means pot holes growing in repaired potholes...


Regards, David

 

[juraj_v]

Bratislava, Slovakia

Dunajska Streda, Slovakia

Radvan nad Dunajom, Slovakia

Galanta, Slovakia

 

[Out to Lunch]

A traditional farm house in the hills of Lefkada. Greece, Summer 2014.

 

[p.giannakis]

A traditional farm house in the hills of Lefkada. Greece, Summer 2014.

Before reading the descrition - i was about to say that this looks a lot like my garden in Greece 😀

 

[robert blu]

I realized pictures in this thread create somewhat false image of the region, mostly because decay is very photogenic but also we do chase nostalgia and remnants of the past. I don't even go Downtown to make pictures, cause I don't care.

It's photogenic, I agree. The light, the colurs of the building, the two orange windows. Just curious when was the photo taken?

 

[p.giannakis]

Two fishermen in a small village in Evia island - Greece.
August 2017
Kodak TMax 400 in HC110
Nikon F801


This fisherman has caught some stingray fish and sells his catch on the village's port

Another fisherman mending his fishing line. A very friendly chap, we had a discussion about how is it like being a fisherman in a poor area of Greece - especially in winter.

 

[jbielikowski]

It's photogenic, I agree. The light, the colurs of the building, the two orange windows. Just curious when was the photo taken?

It was around a month ago, just after the sunset, exposure was 1/8sec. f/3.5, I leaned on the fence and on of two exposures turned out sharp.

 

[Joao]

Two from Greece

Two from Greece

Two from Greece (Athens)

FED-50, Fujicolor 200

A bookshop
Bookshop by João Freitas, on Flickr

Athens Central Market (an extraordinary place !)
Meat market 02 by João Freitas, on Flickr

Regards
Joao

 

[Rangefinder 35]

Warsaw, Poland 2007

[/url]POL_Warsaw_048 by P, on Flickr[/IMG]
ContaxG2, 28/2.8 G Biogon, Velvia 50
At that time there was a lot stree vendors in Warsaw. This guy threatened me for photographing him while being issued a ticket. I just laughed, and asked him how he thinks he's gonna do it.

 

[jbielikowski]

Warsaw, Poland 2007
At that time there was a lot stree vendors in Warsaw. This guy threatened me for photographing him while being issued a ticket. I just laughed, and asked him how he thinks he's gonna do it.

nothing changed

Warsaw, Poland 2018

 

[Out to Lunch]

Selling not so real perfume in Chisinau, Moldova. At least, she does it with poise and elegance. May 2009.