Archive: May 22nd, 2010
One of my favourite highlights of Summer, is the appearance of Maksym Shoro. During long hot summer days – especially in the capital, Bishkek – the streets seem to be lined with people sitting behind a large barrel … from which they dispense cups of cool refreshing liquids.
This postcard is based on part of an earlier one which was sent as an email describing the events of the week between May 15th and 21st. It contains supplementary information which came to light afterwards. In an attempt to draw the sting from planned protests in Djalal Abad in mid-May, 2010, the authorities released [...]
My brother, Tony, once took up photography as a hobby and I remember how he equipped the bathroom with plastic trays and bottles of chemicals so that he could develop and print his own films. I was too young at the time to really appreciate all that was going on but I do remember the [...]
