p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Dozynki is called the celebration following the harvesting of the crops. In certain vllages in western Poland, people create big statues made out of hay bales.
Mikolajewo / Poland - August 2009
Kodak 400Cn - Yashica T4
Mikolajewo / Poland - August 2009
Kodak 400Cn - Yashica T4
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Lovely shots, Pan, I understand this is color-negative film but scanned B+W.
LeicaII/Hektor50mmf/2.5/TMY400/AdoxMCC110
Babruysk/Belarus/2001
Erik.
LeicaII/Hektor50mmf/2.5/TMY400/AdoxMCC110
Babruysk/Belarus/2001
Erik.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Hi Erik, it is B&W film but it is developed in C-41 chemistry. These pictures are taken before i started developing my own films, i was using the minilab service in the nearby supermarket - so i could use only chromogenic B&W.
I remember this picture well, the lady and the statue have the same walking gait.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
LeicaII/Hektor50mmf/2.5/TMY400/AdoxMCC110
Babruysk/Belarus/2001
Erik.
Babruysk/Belarus/2001
Erik.
Out to Lunch
Ventor
Chisinau, Moldova. Explainin' Lenin. The statue was removed from
the city center and at the time of taking this picture, Lenin was gazing
over an empty parking lot in the suburbs.
valdas
Veteran
Vilnius, Lithuania. The church that is seen on the photo is a part of a former prison. But times change - now this prison is waiting for demolition and in the mean time it is used for various alternative purposes. Netflix was shooting Stranger Things episode in this prison last year.
Out to Lunch
Ventor
A crumbling bas-relief at the entrance of a dissolved collective farm. Moldova, September 2007.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
I find the remains of social realism fascinating for some reason. As if I am looking at statues of Mesopotamian period or hieroglyphic scriptures.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Poznan Train Station- August 2008
Zenit 12XP
Ilford HP5+
Zenit 12XP
Ilford HP5+
Out to Lunch
Ventor
A Soviet-era mosaic depicting progress and achievement. In-between Kiev and Odessa. June 2009.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Yes, but compared to ancient Egyptian or Greek monuments deterioration is rapid.
LeicaII/Hektor50mmf/2.5/TMY400/AdoxMCC110
Sosny/Belarus/2001
Erik.
Out to Lunch
Ventor
The same view from inside my hotel room. Downtown Budapest. December 2014.
Franko
Established
Yes, but compared to ancient Egyptian or Greek monuments deterioration is rapid.
LeicaII/Hektor50mmf/2.5/TMY400/AdoxMCC110
Sosny/Belarus/2001
Erik.
Places where steel and glass monstrosities and fast food restaurants have not replaced the buildings that make the communities unique - and the people don't seem to be wearing nose rings either -looks like stumbling upon the Holy Grail to me.
Franko
Established
Great idea, Pan!
This one is from Babruysk, Belarus, 2001.
Erik.
I believe that this is my favorite of all the photographs I've seen on this site.
Out to Lunch
Ventor
I appreciate nostalgia as much as the next man. The problem is that you can't live in it.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
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Snorting silver salts
Kazanlak, Bulgaria, 2011. Horseman 842 Convertible, Portra 160.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Kodak T-max in Rodinal 1:100
Poland - 2012
Poland - 2012
giganova
Well-known
Good point! When I grew up in West Germany 20 miles from the Iron Curtain in the 60-80s, everything East of the Iron Curtain was considered "Eastern Europe." Today, countries like Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, etc, are all considered Central Europe!
