Good link. That photo of the smoking scholar next to the candle lamp is freaking amazing. It's my new wallpaper. posted by Gnostic Novelist at 5:15 AM on August 7, 2007
Wow, these pictures are stunning. Excellent. This is one of those photographers who captures an essence of humanity, a slice of the soul.
Gotta say, that very first portrait from your first link, I immediately thought: this is what Leonard Cohen would look like now if he'd had a harder life. posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:19 AM on August 7, 2007
Amazing snapshot of a moment... It still amazes me how weathered many of their faces are. I remember my neighbour in Kiev celebrating her 55th birthday while I was there, and my surprise that she wasn't 20 years older. The older photos from the Orthodoxy link are fabulous. I am reading 'Natasha's Dance' by Orlando Figges at present, and have just read his explanation for the Russian preference for wooden buildings - that they are linked with the Russian identity while cold stone buildings are linked to western culture, cold, austere, non-Russian. Thank you for posting the link. posted by gnomesb at 5:27 AM on August 7, 2007
Lots of religious icons, but I thought....oh wait, the photographer was *born* in 1962. So these are contemporary photos. Wow. posted by DU at 5:28 AM on August 7, 2007
Beautiful shots, thank you. And the comments at that first link are hilarious. posted by nevercalm at 6:33 AM on August 7, 2007
The one of the pleasant Karelian/Finnish-looking woman reading was so jarring after seeing the photos of roughend, older people. These are fantastic! posted by Mayor Curley at 6:52 AM on August 7, 2007
Beautiful shots, thank you. And the comments at that first link are hilarious.
Only if you find mental retardation hilarious. posted by Mayor Curley at 6:54 AM on August 7, 2007
Which, you know, I do. posted by nevercalm at 7:03 AM on August 7, 2007
Which, you know, I do.
Yeah, there's some sort of line those comments cross for me. I can't tell you why, but that type of ignorance grates on me while I can laugh at other forms. posted by Mayor Curley at 7:13 AM on August 7, 2007
Great photos. Thanks for the post. posted by languagehat at 8:29 AM on August 7, 2007
fantastic. Mefi's been a bit slow recently, but this really redeemed everything. posted by Geezum Crowe at 8:37 AM on August 7, 2007
These are gorgeous. Thank you. posted by biscotti at 9:05 AM on August 7, 2007
Thank you for the nice comments. English Russia (the source for the first set of photos) are a few steps below Fark regarding comment maturity, but the blog itself occasionally has good posts. posted by Harald74 at 9:21 AM on August 7, 2007
Beautiful - some look more like paintings than photos. The first one in the first links looks like a Rembrandt. Thanks Harald74! posted by madamjujujive at 10:35 AM on August 7, 2007
I can scarcely believe these are contemporary. Thank you. posted by Space Kitty at 11:17 AM on August 7, 2007
This is really, really great. One of my favorites is the guy grimacing at his beer about halfway down. posted by ORthey at 11:35 AM on August 7, 2007
Gotta say, that very first portrait from your first link, I immediately thought: this is what Leonard Cohen would look like now if he'd had a harder life.
I seriously thought the exact same thing. Whoa. posted by ORthey at 11:53 AM on August 7, 2007
I don't know what's so fascinating about seeing new faces, but it is.
And the beer holding/squinty guy? I think he has leprosy or something; that might explain the look on his face. Check out his beer holding hand. posted by snsranch at 4:10 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
Oh, yea, I did a double take seeing photos of Lenin on a couple of walls. posted by snsranch at 4:19 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
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