This grand, pompous building is one of my favourite, if not the favourite, in Moscow and on Earth. This amazing edifice looks serene in summer when it is surrounded by flowerbeds and leafy alleys. And...
Credit: Ilya Stepanov A Russian photographer Ilya Stepanov has recently visited Cairo (Egypt) where he ventured into the infamous Garbage City in Cairo. The suburb Mokattam is inhabited by a co...
From the onset a web-based project by the Russian photographer Kirill Kuzmin has been attracting a lot of attention from bloggers and readers alike. The aim of the project, artistically titled Blogger...
«Спас на Крови» на Яндекс.Фотках This photo is currently The Photo of the Day on Yandex’s analog to Google’s Picasa/Panoramio. I really hope to visit St Petersburg during the White Nights ...
I have just seen a few absolutely wonderful photos of sun-filled Sevilla, photographed by the Russian LiveJournal blogger. One photo, featuring an old couple, is accompanied by the caption: “I i...
The pictures in this post are old photographic cards that could be used as mere postcards. I remember seeing them for the first time in our family album – a thick and heavy book in green velour ...
Photography and drawing – juxtaposition. For me, photography is a spontaneous impulse towards a constant visual attention that captures both the moment and eternity within it. A drawing, by its...
One cannot see what is too close. Time passes and fame comes. All of a sudden people realise that this person was not only a painter, but – for goodness sake! – he was a great painter. Do ...
The photos featured in this post were made by my compatriot, called, Igor. It is incredible to have this kind of weather for season’s holidays – a nice change after the years of rain and w...
I was pleasantly surprised to discover the project by the Moscow photographer Kirill Kuzmin – Bloggers’ Portraits in Black and White. The project that has started a few months ago aims at ...