Cultural Performance

Free performance highlighting Victory Day celebrations, May 9th, 2012.

Victory Day 2012

Commemorating the end of World War II in East Europe. 67 Years.

Vydubichi Monastery #1

Vydubychi Monastery (Ukrainian: Видубицький монастир, Vydubyts’kyi monastyr) is an historic monastery in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

The monastery was established between 1070 and 1077 by Vsevolod, son of Yaroslav the Wise. It was a family cloister of Vsevolod’s son Vladimir Monomakh and his descendants.

Vydubychi Monastery

A View to Volodymyr #1 (HDR)

St Volodymyr’s Cathedral (Ukrainian: Патріарший кафедральний собор св. Володимира, Russian: Кафедральный собор Святого Владимира, Владимирский собор; also known as the Volodymyrsky Cathedral, Vladimirsky Cathedral, or St. Vladimir’s Cathedral) is a cathedral in the centre of Kiev. It is one of the city’s major landmarks and the mother cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – [...]

Talk to the Egg (HDR)

For many of you, Easter is a distant memory. But in this part of the world, Easter was yesterday (April 15), and today is still part of the Easter holiday.

If I had been aware of the microphone there, I likely would have moved around the best that I could have and tried to [...]

The Passage, Kiev (HDR)

Seen on Khreshatyk Street, the “Main Street” of Kiev.

Decrepit 2

I’ve got those home renovation blues.

Wow, I definitely fell behind a bit on my photography. Funny, you think you can manage a process like home renovation, but truth be told, it manages you! It manages every little aspect of you.

But of course I thought it would be manageable. My idea of home [...]

Arena City, Kiev

An important shopping and entertainment complex here in Kiev. Apparently. I’ve yet to check out what’s inside, though some of the store entrances outside include two banks, La Perla, and Villeroy and Boch…whatever they are!

The only possible way to catch this “no traffic” shot and while the sun is up is 6AM on [...]