Archive for August, 2005
This is one of the photos from the Ayvacik Friday Market selection, and the little girl in it is wearing a t-shirt with a Russian cartoon character Masyanya, wildly popular here just a few years ago – and still very fondly remembered.
I almost dropped my camera when I saw this girl: the market seemed like [...]
This is one of the photos from the Ayvacik Friday Market selection, and the little girl in it is wearing a t-shirt with a Russian cartoon character Masyanya, wildly popular here just a few years ago – and still very fondly remembered.
I almost dropped my camera when I saw this girl: the market seemed like [...]
When I was walking in Istanbul’s poor neighborhoods on July 1, I realized that if it hadn’t been for the kids there, I’d have been walking somewhere else. Without the kids, it would’ve been too depressing.
The kids are everywhere there, playing football, obviously having fun, posing for photographs. And only sometimes asking for money. Very [...]
When I was walking in Istanbul’s poor neighborhoods on July 1, I realized that if it hadn’t been for the kids there, I’d have been walking somewhere else. Without the kids, it would’ve been too depressing.
The kids are everywhere there, playing football, obviously having fun, posing for photographs. And only sometimes asking for money. Very [...]
A bunch of Kyiv skinheads beat up a yeshiva student yesterday night – in an underground pass near the relatively fancy and relatively new mall, Mandarin Plaza, three minutes away from the synagogue and as close to my Bessarabka home.
The Jewish guy is in critical condition.
When I read about stuff like this, I can’t help [...]
A bunch of Kyiv skinheads beat up a yeshiva student yesterday night – in an underground pass near the relatively fancy and relatively new mall, Mandarin Plaza, three minutes away from the synagogue and as close to my Bessarabka home.
The Jewish guy is in critical condition.
When I read about stuff like this, I can’t help [...]
A bunch of Kyiv skinheads beat up a yeshiva student yesterday night – in an underground pass near the relatively fancy and relatively new mall, Mandarin Plaza, three minutes away from the synagogue and as close to my Bessarabka home.
The Jewish guy is in critical condition.
When I read about stuff like this, I can’t help [...]
I’m totally not in the writing mood now.
But I’m done with my Turkey photo backlog: the last two installments are from my two days of binge walking in Istanbul, which I briefly wrote about here.
Back then, I sort of hoped to be able to return to Istanbul in September, but now I don’t have this [...]
I’m totally not in the writing mood now.
But I’m done with my Turkey photo backlog: the last two installments are from my two days of binge walking in Istanbul, which I briefly wrote about here.
Back then, I sort of hoped to be able to return to Istanbul in September, but now I don’t have this [...]
I want to keep all my “promo pictures” here – but I still sort of remember what a pain slow internet connection is – so I’ll leave only two days of entries for a while, until I’m done with the photo backlog and ready to get back to writing.


