Friday, March 30, 2007

New shoes

I had been walking for hours and miles in the streets of Gdansk.. my legs were tired and my feet were numb, when i found that bench and decided to take a break...

She came out of nowhere.
She had just bought a new pair of shoes and she just had to try them on.
She sat right next to me without even noticing i was there.

And a minute later she was gone.


Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Sunrise

It's hard to review all this on my own and resist the temptation to share some of it with you!

Amongst the images I have kept in my mind during the whole trip, there was this spectacular sunrise on the Baikal lake... we had been up all night, starting with a bonfire and a bit of vodka to keep us warm, then later chatting by the stove..
when we began to see the sky turn to a lighter shade of blue, we went out for a walk by the lake.. it was freezing cold and it was hard just to keep my hands on my camera... but what a sight!

poor little Tatiana was walking around in her slippers, wrapped up in her bright orange hood and a blanket to keep from freezing.. i thought of using my fisheye lens and a bit of fill-in flash to add to the surreal atmosphere!



Monday, March 26, 2007

Travelling with a guitar..

To all those who've kept asking me if it wasn't too cumbersome to travel with a guitar, my response fits in the image below... there's nothing like a guitar to break communication barriers when language is not an option!




inside a "ger", in Mongolia