Last fall I took series of photos of Piret Noorhani, the Head Archivist of the Museum of Estonians in Abroad. She needed these for a magazine article, but I guess they came handy also for another interview in Maaleht. A newspaper in Estonia.
Look at that tiny mention in the lower left corner 😉
After, I can’t even count how many years of wanting to change my website, this finally happened! What a joy! Many people from many countries worked on this from Estonia to Poland, to Germany, and to Canada….but sometimes the help seems to be even closer when you expect. I am so thankful to Evelyn for making this ALWAYS a number one item of my annual new year’s resolution a reality.
At the same time I also started updating my daily photography blog called Imagine This. I have posted there every day since 2005 except for a year from March 2020 to March 2021. No need to state the obvious reason. I will continue posting, mostly photos from the past, but will try to throw in some new shots as well. I feel like daily blog is such a nice entity on its own and should be separate this quite static page.
If you ever make it here, please be so nice and send me an e-mail, especially if you have any comments or suggestons. As I would love to connect to people anywhere in the world, who appreciate photography or art or just like to check what’s going on with other people’s lives.
To keep it more interesting I will start changing the front page photo monthly.
“Waiting for a New World” was taken in Pisa, Italy on November 16th, 2019. I love street photography, though it is not my favourite genre, when I see something interesting, I feel it with every inch of my body. I guess my favourites are all kinds of free-form slogans and people doing something interesting. Isn’t this the whole idea of street photography anyway? 😛
In another note equality IS my favourite colour!
I took my first not credited portrait for a Wikipedia portrait in 2009. I am not sure why my name has been removed there, but you can see the photo here.
The most recent work was taking photos of Piret Noorhani for a newspaper and magazine article. I guess she liked the photo so much, that she decided to use it for her profile in Wikipedia. I am really happy and I like this shot a lot.
Thank you so much, Piret!
I guess I haven’t been checking for my own work online for a while, as I just found another of my photos from way back in the City of Tartu’s official Facebook website from 2014! Nothing ever makes me happier when I can shoot cyclists and streets scenes in their natural state.
Thank you for giving me credit 😉
This is another old photo, which was published on the Estonian National Broadcasting company’s website. And it was illustrating the news of “Tartu discusses plans for new river cafes and recreational areas”
River Emajõgi in Tartu, Estonia is a great river to spend your time by. There are numerous paths, benches, and even picnic areas like the one pictured below. Always glad to have my photo to illustrate such good news.
Thank you for giving me credit!
Just when I was about to finish checking my photos on the www I stumbled upon The Good News website and found that last October they had published one of my really old photos from a fall session I did for Tartu City.
Always to support such a nice cause as the Good News are!
Thank you for giving me credit!
I have found more of my photos from way back in the City of Tartu’s Smart Bike Share Facebook website from 2016! Nothing ever makes me happier when I can shoot cyclists in their natural state or posed ones. This past year was definitely a struggle, as I wasn’t able to take photos of cyclists out enjoying themselves. Hence this was a nice discovery!
Here are some posts with my photos:
Thank you for giving me credit 😉
Sometimes I find my work online here and there. The recent discovery was to see some of my photos on the Tartu Film Fund’s website.
Quite a few of the photos on the gallery are mine.
Thank you for giving me credit 😉
Hopefully the new year has started well for you! Wishing you lots of creative challenges, positive thoughts and mind to question everything. As this is the way to evolve, learn and experience.
Until this year my New Year’s Eve tradition was to take my tripod and find a best spot to take photos of the fireworks. I loved this yearly challenge of surprising myself and getting better shots. Challenge yourself, as this is they only way you can get better.
My most likely last exhibition for some time, will be opened on 4th of June at 5 PM at Tampere Maja, Jaani 4, 51007 Tartu. Exhibition is located on the 1st floor gallery. “Do you have paper?” is a peek to my life via notes on paper left to me. It also introduces a way of communication, which is fading. I have created in the gallery rooms installations with notes, based where they were found originally. Hence you can find sections of office, hallway, kitchen etc in my exhibition. The whole exhibit consists of reused or loaned items and it cost 0 euros to create.
Visitors are welcome to leave their own messages and put them to the window sill. If possible, add your e-mail with it as well. If you have a pen, which you no longer use, bring it with you, as this will be used to complete one exhibit.
NB! Exhibition has English narratives and is free of charge. It is opened until 28th of June, on every day from 8 AM – 6 PM. Some notes are also in English 😉
Check the opening gallery HERE. Photos by Jaak Kikas.