Porno-Graffity

Porno-graffity, abandoned cabin in Saarepera harbour, Naha, South-Estonia. 27. 08. 2015, photo by Aapo Ilves.

Forest Trail

Forest trail & memories of storm, photo by Aapo Ilves, 19. 09. 2015, Meelva, South-Estonia.

Violinists Outhouse

Violinists Outhouse, photo by Aapo Ilves, 24. 06. 2015, Varstu, South-Estonia.

Extreme Stringing

Extreme stringing - estonian popstar Jaan Pehk from group Kõrsikud uses only tiny ukulele (4 strings) or big twelve-strings-guitar. Photo by Aapo Ilves, Räpina harbour, South-Estonia, 28. 08. 2015.

Wings & Four-Wheel Fail

"Red Bull Gives You Wings, But Alcohol Gives Four-Wheel Power" Well... we only see big fail. Veriora, South-Estonia, 15. 08. 2015. Photo by Aapo Ilves.

From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk

Woolen knitwear by Monica del Norte, Obinitsa, South-Estonia, 15. 08. 2015.

How much is the Cow on the Window?

Photo by Vahur in Varnja, 27 June.

Non Existent T-shirts

Non existent T-shirts of Estonian punk bands (of Soviet era). Voronja Galerii (https://et-ee.facebook.com/voronjagalerii) in an Old Believer village by Lake Peipus (Peipsi). Photos by Vahur, 27 June 2014

Matti and Kiwa

Legendary art collector Matti Milius and artist/musician/curator Kiwa, a legend in making. Opening of Voronja Galerii (https://et-ee.facebook.com/voronjagalerii) in an Old Believer village by Lake Peipus (Peipsi). Photos by Vahur, 27 June 2014

Rubber, Anybody?

Rubberland on Raadi Military Airfield. Notice the formula 1 tyres:) About the now abandoned airfield: strategic bombers carrying nuclear warheads used to take off and land every 10 minutes - used to watch them land through kitchen windows in 1980ies. Maybe next time I'll show the runway too, this time it was a bit dark for my shitty camera. Photo by Vahur, June 2014

Poet Marko

Poet Marko Mägi performing with Chungin and Kiwa. Opening of Voronja Galerii (https://et-ee.facebook.com/voronjagalerii) in an Old Believer village by Lake Peipus (Peipsi). Photos by Vahur, 27 June 2014

Newsfeed

Albert is a legendary artist. He likes to eat old newspapers. Photo by Vahur, Voronja Galerii, Varnja village by Lake Peipsi, 27 June 2014

Vacuum Microphone

A girl's got to sing when a girl's got to sing.

Photo by Vahur in the backyard of Tartu Write's House, 12 June 2014

Nail File

In South Estonia, people like it big. For example, we build huge nail files that foreigners mistake for houses.

Photo by Vahur 12 June 2014,  in the back of the Writers' House in Tartu

Estonian Ranger

 ...or just playing Cowboy Superhero? Who cares, it looks cool & steampunk anyway. Photo by Kaili, Räpina, South-Estonia, april 2014.

Through the looking glass

Genetically speaking Estonian double helixes have a nice pinch of Asian to them. Many Estonians observe our planet and its inhabitants through camera lens. Looking through the camera is also considered more polite and distanced way, especially when it comes down to asses, girls or both. Baudrillard, Bourdieu, Deleuze and other froggymen probably would have on say on that...

Photos by Vahur Afanasjev 19 April 2014

Meeting Calamary

Kitty meeting calamary. Photo by Mare Sabolotny, Kirepi village 18 April 2014

Double-decker Woodshed 2

Another double-decker woodshed in Tartu (Jaama street). Photo by Vahur Afanasjev, 14 April 2014.
Another post on the some topic.

Lodi

Lodi is a type of sailing barge used a lot on the Mother River (Emajõgi), Lake Peipsi (all the way to Pskov and Novgorod in Russia) and other Estonian waters. Lodi (plural: lodjad) has been documented in Hanseatic Tartu town and Emajõgi since 14th century.
See some old footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e-tzBV-oD8
Soviet occupation put a full stop to many fields of economic and human activity, so last lodi was seen in 1950ies... Until around 2004-2005 a group of activists built a brand new lodi. Nowadays it's used for tourism and nature sighting, not for transportation of goods, but still the ancient ship building tradition is kept alive. Currently the Lodjakoda activists are building a larger two-mast lodi in Tartu.
Photo by Vahur Afanasjev 30 March 2014
Trivia:
There used to be a huge beautiful bathing house (the wooden structure was heavily damaged in WWII and the later rebuild was destroyed in 1970ies) on the river by the the Lodjakoda site.
Even though we love CCR, their song "Lodi" talks about a city in the United States of America.

Fishing 2

Just another fishing day by the Mother River (Emajõgi). Quick snaps on my way to Tartu bus station, 1 April 2014. Vahur Afanasjev