Arno Balzarini/Keystone/Associated Press
In Seattle, we’re enjoying some pretty balmy weather (for February). But I’m headed to Europe this week and I’m well aware that hundreds of thousands of people are suffering through a bone-chilling freeze–with temperatures dropping waaaay below normal. Amid mountains of snow and icicles as long as my arm, people are panicking and trying to help each other.
And some people are photographing.
I’ve shot in temps so cold that my film (yes film!) snapped and cracked when my camera would attempt to wind it… Seems like Eastern Europe is in that sort of mode right now. Times of great suffering and pain are also often times when some of the most touching, haunting, and remarkable art is made. Click thru this handful of frozen images via Ukraine, Serbia, Bulgaria and beyond by clicking thru the gallery tabs above. Just scratched the surface grabbing these off news services, etc. But if anyone has/knows other deep freeze images – particularly arty ones- please share a link below. Love to see them.
But, there is a beauty in everything…
one interesting idea was born from this excessive snow, and it was turned into art: snow sculptures:
http://m43photo.com/MonoXMinimal/Upload/user/admin/blog/pics/SculpturesInSnow.jpg
Quick panorama from yesterdays photo walk in Osijek, Croatia.
Warm regards,
Boris
Tough for buskers too.
http://ray-vysniauskas-photography.com/rvphoto/1047-ColdBusker/content/_MG_4964_large.html
Love looking at these beautiful photos, not as much been there in the cold though!
Here is partly frozen see in Croatia, picture is by my mother tooken.
https://picasaweb.google.com/105118800235702719786/Winter#5708990191729859314
Cheers!
I’ll call you on those photos and raise you 3 meters (about 10 feet) of snow in some villages in Romania:
http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-11500836-foto-cele-mai-bune-imagini-suprinse-presa-locala-satele-aflate-sub-zapezi.htm