Category Archives: Russia

The Dacha

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Rosemary
digital painting of family swimming in Volga with dacha in background

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  Russia, 2009 A digital painting of a Russian family enjoying a summer day by the river.

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Slander

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Rosemary
Two Russian women caught in an intense conversation

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Moscow 2009 What are these women talking about? The gesture of the woman on the left says that she is revealing details: exacting, precise, important details. The woman on the right is so fascinated  that she is compelled to cover … Continue reading →

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Concentration

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Rosemary
Russia, a man resembling Pushkin stands on a balcony deep in thought

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Russia 2009 Our bus crept through a Moscow intersection. I glanced out of my window and spotted this man on an apartment balcony and realized that Pushkin still lived!  Got one shot as the bus pulled forward. The man’s haircut, beard … Continue reading →

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Karelia, Russia

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Rosemary
small wooden church in a field of flowers on Kizhi Island Karelia Russia

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Northern Russia 2009 This reminds me of the many country churches in South Carolina where I grew up. Of course, they would have been Protestant churches and they would have been painted white and the fence would have been barbed wire … Continue reading →

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A Bus Ride Through Leningrad

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Rosemary
Retro-postcard look to a Landscape with St. John the Baptist church in St. Petersburg Russia

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Leningrad, U.S.S.R. 1989 It was called Leningrad when we visited in 1989. I can always remember the year because we were supposed to leave Russia by way of China. But that was the year of Tiananmen Square and just as … Continue reading →

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Gypsy Girls

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Rosemary
tinted photo of gypsy girls in Yaroslavl Russia

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Yaroslavl, Russia 2009 These gypsy girls were begging in front of a church in the shopping area of Yaroslavl. Apparently a passerby told them to get away from the door of the church. This angered the girls and insults (sounded … Continue reading →

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Portraits of Handsome Men

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Rosemary
A man at the Saturday Market in Lalibela, Ethiopia takes refuge from the sun under a colorful umbrella

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Moscow 2009 This man was selling souvenirs on an overpass not too far from the center of Moscow. We had stopped there to get a panorama. After I got my panorama, I looked for portraits among the Russians. This is … Continue reading →

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Postcard from the Kremlin

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Rosemary
Post card of the Kremlin in Moscow

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Moscow 2009 Shot from the bus window. I used to never shoot from the window of a moving vehicle, especially one that I couldn’t open. But when you are confined in a bus and you have a digital camera, well, … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Rosemary
Portrait of a Mursi baby held in a mother's arms

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Mother’s Day 2014 A Mursi woman of Ethiopia cradles her sleeping baby next to her body. Will the baby ever again sleep as soundly as in his mother’s arms? Sergei Posad Monastery 2009 Russian grandmothers show each other photos of … Continue reading →

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Ashamed

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Rosemary
A grandmotherly woman stares balefully at the camera in Yaroslavl Russia

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Sometimes Word Press has a mind of its own!! I up dated the software this am and now it won’t do what I tell it to do. I titled this “Ashamed” because sometimes I am ashamed when I photograph someone … Continue reading →

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