Eastern Europe

[Erik van Straten]

Exactly Joao! Thanks!

Erik.

 

[Majki]

erik
amsterdam, early seventies...this could have been taken in the moses and aaron church (near the fleamarket ) in central amsterdam.
Great image.
Regards
joao

aaawesome!

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you, Majki!

 

[p.giannakis]

Poland - October 2021
Nikon F5 - ilford HP5+ in HC110

 

[Erik van Straten]

Very nice composition and tonalty, Pan. I'm happy to see you posting again.

gelatin silver print (summicron 50mm f2 rigid) leica m3

Erik.

 

[jbielikowski]

month ago in Lviv, Ukraine.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Beautiful shot, Jan!

gelatin silver print (summicron 50mm f2 rigid) leica m3

Erik.

 

[p.giannakis]

month ago in Lviv, Ukraine.

Very nice work.

 

[p.giannakis]

Very nice composition and tonalty, Pan. I'm happy to see you posting again.

gelatin silver print (summicron 50mm f2 rigid) leica m3

Erik.

Thank you Erik, I am back to normal now.

These are the Ikarus trams and bus in your pictures. They were made in Hungary and they were used in all communist countries - they were cheap and easy to maintain. The bus versions of them were so noisy inside the cabin made it impossible to have any discussions without shouting.
Greece had only Ikarus buses for public transport in the 80s and early 90s.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Predeal, Transylvania, Romania. Canon 5DMII - L 1.2/85.

 

[p.giannakis]

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Predeal, Transylvania, Romania. Canon 5DMII - L 1.2/85.

Lovely portrait !

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you Erik, I am back to normal now.

These are the Ikarus trams and bus in your pictures. They were made in Hungary and they were used in all communist countries - they were cheap and easy to maintain. The bus versions of them were so noisy inside the cabin made it impossible to have any discussions without shouting.
Greece had only Ikarus buses for public transport in the 80s and early 90s.

We call this type of buses "trolleybus". They have like a tram an electric motor. Not very noisy, but in Belarus they are extremely cold.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

In the trolleybus; summer.

gelatin silver print (planar 45mm f2) contax g1

Erik.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Thanks, Pan.



The Russians built their own -later copied by the Belorussians and some other satellite states. Chisinau, Moldova. Canon 1DMIII - L 2.8/24-70.

 

[jbielikowski]

Thank you Erik and Pan!

Did anybody said trolleybus? We had those back in Warsaw up till early '90, but this one is from Odessa, 2018.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Retired Belarusian bus driver.

gelatin silver print (elmar m 50mm f2.8) leica m3

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Belarus

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

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

On the border between Belarus and Ukraine †.

gelatin silver print (elmar 50mm f2.8) leica m3

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

On the border between Belarus and Ukraine †.

gelatin silver print (elmar-m 50mm f2.8) leica m3

Erik.

 

[KoNickon]

Erik's pictures continue to amaze. Wonderful stuff.