Russia
July 31, 2016: Kiss at Navy Parade
July 23, 2016: Wedding on the Shore
June 5, 2016: Reflection on Palace Square
May 23, 2016: Spring Midnight on the Neva
May 22, 2016: A Dog’s Life
May 15, 2016: Siberian Pensioner Playing on the Streets
May 14, 2016: An 80-year old ballroom dancer
May 14, 2016: Street Art Festival St. Petersburg
Dec. 5, 2015: Snowstorm in Siberia
Lunino: Dying Russian Village
The yellow-colored 1970s LuAZ went up and down quickly like a canoe in choppy waters, forcing my driver Valery to rapidly turn the driving wheel left and right to ease the impact. The engine screamed... Continue reading →
Suzdal: Golden Ring Gem
As you climb down from Suzdal’s 14th century Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery and cross the Kamenka River via a narrow, wooden foot bridge below, you come onto a street lined with beautiful one- and two-story homes that... Continue reading →
How Irish Dance Came to Kazan
Three adults are lacing up their worn black leather shoes as they sit against a wall in this worn-out, 30-square meter basement room on a quiet street in the center of Kazan, a Russian city... Continue reading →
Oct. 29, 2015: Irish Dancing in Kazan
Solovki’s Inspiring Remoteness
The early evening autumn sun threw its rays over the makeshift grassy soccer field located on the side of a village dirt road, creating greater than life-size shadows of the men playing on it. Ranging in... Continue reading →
NYC Themed Clothing Series
While making the 30 minute walk one summer evening in 2013 from my Moscow office to my apartment, crossing Red Square, I passed three people wearing shirts with ‘Brooklyn’ written somewhere on it. I had... Continue reading →
Russia’s Trendy Barbershops
From Vladivostok on the Pacific Ocean to St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland, American-style barbershops are popping up all over Russia these days like mushrooms after a rainstorm despite the nation’s worst economic slowdown... Continue reading →
May 24, 2015: Russian Tourist in NYC
Dagestan: Pawn Shops & Building Spree
Russia’s north Caucasus province of Dagestan is considered to be an economically depressed region. In fact, Russian state new agency RIA Novosti’s research division named it the country’s poorest region for 2013. Here is a... Continue reading →
Russian Motorbike Season Opening
Russian motorbike club Night Wolves held their annual ‘season opening’ event in Moscow, attended today by hundreds of motorcyclists. The rally starts at the Night Wolves headquarters at the edge of Moscow at 12:40 pm, travels... Continue reading →
Sakhalin: 8 Things I Learned
The Russian province of Sakhalin, an island north of Japan, has always been associated in my mind with oil and gas projects, earthquakes or nasty snow storms. Other than it once belonging to Japan, I... Continue reading →
Vladivostok: Impressions from Visit
Vladivostok: Impressions from Visit The budget hotel I stayed at first had no hot water. Then, after a hard rain storm, had no running water at all for a day or two. The city’s sloping... Continue reading →
Rostov Meat Market Visit
Rostov Meat Market Visit Outdoor and indoor markets tend to be colorful places no matter what country you are in – China, Russia or the USA. Moscow used to have plenty of them, but with... Continue reading →
Eight Shades of Putin Grey
Eight Shades of Putin Grey You can’t escape seeing images of Russian President Vladimir Putin around Moscow, be it shirts with his portrait, refrigerator magnets, iPhone covers, plastic or metallic busts. Outside the TASS news... Continue reading →
Winter Wakeboarding in Russia
Winter Wakeboarding in Russia With 15 years in Russia behind me, I was asked by a Russian publication if I would like to talk about my life here. As I love photographing around Russia, I... Continue reading →
YANDEX: Visit to Colorful Moscow HQ
Visit to Yandex Headquarters in Moscow I have visited many Russian company headquarters over the years and – whether they be Soviet-era buildings or more modern – they have a tendency to want to reflect power,... Continue reading →
Moscow IKEA: No Russia Recession Here
Moscow IKEA: No Russia Recession Here…Yet There are plenty of signs Russia’s economy is heading toward a recession. Aside from the quickly falling ruble, companies are trimming headcount and advertising expenses, restaurants aren’t packed,... Continue reading →