Capturing life as it is

Published article in the “Vegan” magazine

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I am the most proud to announce that in the first issue of this years “Vegan” magazine, an article which I wrote as the board member of my new NGO Toit ei ole prügi (Food is not garbage) about the connection of the food waste and animal agriculture was published. I am super thankful and super blessed! I hope this is the first of many. I am so glad that “Vegan” magazine is open for my contribution.

Here is a quick peek to the article. I will publish the link once it is made available.

“Vegan” magazine double cover!

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It has always been my dream to shoot a magazine cover. The end of 2025 was so blessed that it presented me such chance. And the best part is that I did a double cover, I mean the back was also my photo. It was one of the calmest, but one of the wildest photo shoots. I will share more what went on behind the scenes in the next post.

Here is a video showing the magazine and the inside photos what I took of Eke.

I will share the whole link of the magazine when it becomes available.

Heiki Pisuke 70

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I was invited to take photos at an intellectual property conference dedicated to Professor Heiki Pisukese, a pioneer in the field of intellectual property law education, titled “Is the Creator Always Right?”. It had been a while when I took photos at an event, this summer in Viljandi folk, I guess. So it was quite fun to lurk around with camera and find interesting angles, great light and snap candids of the people who were present.

Presented are some, which I found the most interesting.

This photo is quite interesting. While the presenter was reading his text from a paper, which was placed on the touch screen, and while he moved the pages or moved the printed sheets, the touch screen activated browser on the desktop and opened the news of Trump and his downfall. At first me and the listeners didn’t understand how did this happen, but then after a while they figured it out and I guess everybody’s attention was on the screen instead of the listener.

Here Heiki Pisuke is holding his biography which he presented during the event.

I mean, if all, perhaps boring to the most, conferences would have such light, then….you can finish the sentence.

An article in Vegan magazine

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I was extremely happy to have the opportunity to write about my experiences at the Toronto Vegetarian (actually vegan) Bank, where I volunteered for a year.

I got to do a short interview with Matthew Noble, who is running the food bank. It was great to get to know him better and find out that, besides being a wonderful human being who has dedicated his life to improving the lives of animals, he is engaged in many fields where he can apply the same work.

I am truly amazed that such an institution as a vegan food bank exists in this world. So blessed that I was able to be part of it and write about it in a vegan magazine. Thank you, Universe! 🙂

Here is a small clip of the featured article: View this post on Instagram

Vegan magazine website, sorry, only in Estonian.

October – summer is over

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Yes, the wonderful, surprising, uplifting, heart-filling, and ever-so-stimulating September is over. What a release, discovery, and coming together within myself. I guess some start writing a book about it, as yes, it is such a powerful and unexpected feeling. One should definitely experience this at least once in their life. Unfortunately, I do not have any guidance on how to get to that level. Also, is this a lasting state or a temporary one?

Anyway, I didn’t want to talk about that, but of October. The month when I realized that the summer is over! 🙂 So enjoy the bright colours and let your inner sun shine bright. Lift yourself up, listen to good music, eat good food or do not eat at all, just be better to people around you and do some crazy stuff. But keep others in your mind and be respectful. Always. Remember, the world is not you.

And the photo is an old one, which I found accidentally online. Not even sure anymore, from which source. But here it is. Perfect for this post!

Toronto Estonian House: Last Act in media

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I was super glad to see that so many media outlets shared my press release about the opening of the photography show “Toronto Estonian House: Last Act”. Way to go! I am super happy – most likely my most shared photography exhibition so far.

BaltHerNet

EestiElu.ca

ERR.ee

EstonianWorldReview.ca

kultuuriaken.tartu.ee

Ring.fm

Uudis.net

Visitsouthestonia.ee

Have you seen it yet? If not, then it is up until the end of October, 30th to be exact. So you still have some time!

Exploring the Toronto Estonian House at Tartu City Library

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I am extremely proud to present that one of my best and largest shows, Toronto Estonian House: Last Act, is now presented at Tartu City Library, located at Kompanii 3/5. It is pleasantly open Monday through Friday, 10:00-20:00, Saturday, 10:00-16:00, closed on Sunday. So, you will have plenty of options to take a look.

What I hope the most for is to receive an email from a person who has visited the Estonian House in Toronto themselves. It would be so great to hear their impressions and perhaps to see photos they took of the building. Please share this post with your friends, as perhaps there is someone in Tartu who should see it and has a reason to email me.

Here are previous posts related to the Toronto Estonian House I have published before:

July exhibition for a day

The stillness of the Toronto Estonian House – photo gallery vol. 2

Estonian House in Toronto is no more

Looking forward to your emails at kerly/at/kerlyilves.ee

June to be or not to be…

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or something like that. It is a mess, but please continue.

Yay! The first summer month is here! Yet the question remains, which summer it will be this time – the hot and dry or the cold and rainy one. While living in Estonia, it is always a gamble. I prefer something in between, as the hot sun or cold rainy days are not the best options to enjoy the summer.

The June photo is about a similar dilemma – which side of the coin will it be? You can look at the big picture or the small details – what will you choose? Most of the time, we have a choice, but with the weather, we don’t.

I guess it will be what it will be. We seem to talk too much about the weather anyway. Whatever we are given, I hope that I can see some bigger pictures and find myself lost in looking for the small details. After all, the smallest things matter the most, so keep looking!

A close-up of a colourful caterpillar symbolizes the unpredictability of summer weather.