My Home - A collection of street photographs made on film and representing the social and environmental existence of the city I live in. Chisinau, Moldova.

A moment on the snow. © John Roshka

During my personal experiences and as a photographer I encountered different people. The most simple, kind, honest and respectful are people who have less. Around them I feel that I don't have to play a role or to make them like me...I am just being human, open and respectful.

I seldom finish what I start...this is why this blog is so poor in images. This is how I am. I like more shooting, than posting, tweeting, marketing myslef and all these stuff...As my good friend and mentor, John McConnico said : "Marketing I am afraid is at least 80%, that is true of all things, not just photography"...and he is right. I have no idea how other photographers are doing it...when do they have all the time...

Well, I wanna start a project on people who work...who work with their hands. It is an ongoing project and I'll try my best to post as often as possible. I will call is With Bare Hands...It's simple, I'll not write a long philosophical text making it more interesting or comlicated or whatever...just a theme to show something I like and which is not showed yet...at least in my country. 

Enjoy.

Garage view, Chisinau, 2012

This guy was fixing front car windows. He fixes cracks.

 

Working on the car, Chisinau, 2012

It was like 4 degrees inside and he was working without even feeling it. He barely move for 1 hours doing what he has to do.

Garage view 2, Chisinau, 2012

The place was filled with old posters starting with Lenin and ending with an image of a Romanian poet. It was a trip back in time.

 

All images are property of the photographer.

 

Brochure about Moldova available. 
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A small and powerful photographic explanation of Moldova as a "country between two" - Europe and Russia.
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I met two extraordinary people who came to Moldova last year and spent here almost one year. They were from Grenoble, France. A photographer and a graphician. He was photographing stories and she was drawing them. Amazing combination...

They started a blog while in Moldova, you can view it here:

http://moldaviemoldova.over-blog.com/

Pablo helped me finding my motivation when I needed it. I'm very thankfull for all the interesting and constructive moments we spend together while on shootings.

Check out also his website. He has interesting stories from different countries and about different people. 

www.pabloc.com

Here are some photos and drawings that are exhibited in Grenoble. If any of you will be nearby, check the exhibition. It's worth it. I'd do it myself, but I'm too far away...

http://moldaviemoldova.over-blog.com/article-exposition-moldavie-l-europe-meconnue-96280381.html

View of the second hand market in Chisinau. Property of the artist.

Untitled, © Pablo Chinard

Maxi-Taxi on one of Chisinau streets. They are the most common and used public transport in Chisinau.

 

A soldier's girlfriend hugs him, © Pablo Chinard

Happy New Year.

Let it bring you all the best and for all the "shooters" out there amazing new images and more decisive moments.

Army Museum, 2011  Chisinau

Snow. Hope we'll get some this winter. Last winter it was better (above).

Santas, 2010 & 2011, Chisinau and Ukraine

I try to make images during my way to work, as in Yellow post, or after work...that is to say after 2:00 p.m. I don't know why but it takes a lot of will to go photographing after 2:00 p.m unless I have to go somewhere: to photograph someone for PentruEa magazine , meet someone or other stuff. These were taken during my way to work.

1. Scene from trolleybus. PANCOM intersection.

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3. Advertising view. On the left Academy of Economical Science.

4. Women selling make up products under 2012 Moldcell advertising.

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Yellow trees during autumn were my main subject few years ago when I just started with photography. But they were alone...forests, parks, gardens... Every photographer knows that with time comes the need for human figure or for what human builds. I hadn't take any images the day before I took these images. In the morning on my way to work I felt an enormous desire to photograph... Just a small essay on yellow.

1. A worker behind the trees.

2. A tree coming out between buildings.

3. A worker and a man passing by.

4. A composition on yellow.

5. Yellow light.

6. Yellow building with people passing by.

I'm being lazy or busy. Busy because I study Swedish and lazy because it's been too hot these days...I guess. Anyway, here are some photos from today. I don't have a lot of time for stories or long term projects, so I'm mainly shooting street. I love it. Don't know why. It's great to put pieces of a moment together, I believe. Check out my friends blog. He is a French photographer doing his stories in Moldova. http://moldaviemoldova.over-blog.com/

1. Academy of Economical Studies yard.

2. Lady with red rose bag.

3. Man cutting the grass in front of a supermarket.

©2010 John Roshka, All Rights Reserved These images are not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.

[caption id="attachment_447" align="aligncenter" width="700" caption="Street Moment"] [/caption] I haven't updated my blog for a long time. That's bad. I'll do my best to show one image everyday. That will keep my working and will stimulate working with photography. ___ One of my images had been published in a German Economic Magazine

Tomorrow, on the 14th of October a sale exhibition will take place in the center of Chisinau, capital of Moldova. The occasion is the Day of Chisinau. The exhibition will be held in front of Opera and Ballet Theatre and all the money from sale will go to an orphanage. Works of many photographers will be displayed, including 3 of my works. The works to be displayed and available for purchasing with a signature on them: [caption id="attachment_384" align="aligncenter" width="333" caption="Faith"] [/caption]

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