As thousands of Ukrainians descended on Maidan Square this weekend in support of Ukraine’s ‘European future’, the Ukrainian diaspora in Brussels gathered in Place Luxembourg to do their bit.
Unsurprisingly, this involved singing, smiling and lots of blue and yellow.
Sadly I missed the songs, but I catch some of the action 🙂
More on the main protests here: https://www.facebook.com/maidanua?ref=stream
2 years
100 posts
122,000 visitors from all over the world – even North Korea (thanks Kim Jong 😉
…and Ukraine has still not perished, yet.
Viva Ukraine!
Here’s a massive cheese-grater…
In the past two weeks, adults in Ukraine and Europe (especially those entrusted to run countries and governments) have given us a superb lesson in stupidity and incompetence.
Self interest, selective justice, coercion, ignorance and a complete lack of interest/understanding from Western Europe have all been displayed in the almighty international cock-up known as the Association Agreement.
Like never before, Europe’s adults have shown that they are unable to govern, and why a new generation of leaders is desperately needed.
So, while our politicians and diplomats continue their playschool pranks in Parliament and continue to shame our countries and our continent, I am delighted to share this alternative view from Ukraine. A collection of optimistic excellence from some exceedingly talented kids.
The gallery “Ukraine through Children’s eyes” took place in Brussels last week, and although there wasn’t a child in sight, it was a lot of fun.
There were Stalks (those birds that bring babies), Cossacks, Cats (of course), horses, houses, ducks, rainbows, fields… and many many more colourfully-painted Ukrainian cliches. Yes, there were a few tough-talking adults, some bad haircuts and some questionable musical performances, but who cares because there was even a painting of a marshrutka!
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy Ukraine “through Children’s eyes”
Ukraine’s infamous activists ‘Femen’ recently announced that they would establish themselves in the UK.
Sara Pascoe explored the subject in this week’s ‘Now Show‘
The first time I visited Vinnitsa, I laughed because someone has written “Crazy Vinnitsa girl”, in English, along the side of the train station.
Well, they might be crazy, but they are obviously talented too!
I stumbled across this little award winner on Facebook and although Google did a bad job translating the article (http://www.0432.ua/news/406110), you don’t need to speak Ukrainian to understand that its genius. It is deeply Ukrainian (singing woman+cat!), and amusingly bonkers.
The flower-licking bee is my favorite.
Well done Darinka
Oh la la
A Ukrainian Public Health Campaign
…click the link to see how they work out in Kyiv when they’re not eating ukrop and salo.
…it’s a difficult subject, but as usual Mr Evans captures the atmosphere, personalities and adventure with skill, and in doing so, he shines a little light on one of the darker issues Ukraine.
A series of posts/galleries of Ukrainian buildings/spaces.
Ukraine – March 2012 (2) – Kharkov and the Gosprom.
Much more from the series available here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robschofield/sets/72157629600285119/
About the author…
Hello.
I am currently studying with the Open College of the Arts for a BA in Photography. Part of the reason for the blog is to document what I am doing for the course, although I’ll also be using it for projects outside of it (photographs from the archive, anything else that I am interested in).
I did City and Guilds in film photography a few years back and have done some short courses, including T189 with the Open University, since.
My interests are mainly portraits, documentary, the good people of London, and architecture (anything big and concrete – Brutal – and ideally decayed).
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I live in Hertfordshire and work in London.
To get to the museum you can go to the Lybidska underground station. Near that one is located the bus stop from which you can go to Pirogovo by a marshrutka.
It is possible in the Pirogovo museum to order a guided excursion in English language.
National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pirogovo/Pyrohiv.
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