Browsing Category
Bosnia-Hercegovina
Sarajevo Olympic Bobsled Run, 30 Years Later
The 22nd Winter Olympic Games officially get underway today, just one day shy of the 30th anniversary of the opening of the 1984 Games in Sarajevo. Above, a shot of what the bobsled run looks like today, part of the Bosnian capital’s Olympic legacy. Constructed in 15 months at a cost of 563,209,000 Yugoslav Dinars (US$4.5 million), the bobsled and…
Read More...
Poppies and Shrapnel (Pic de Jour)
This is was taken at what is left of Dom Policije Vranjače, a former Club/vacation home for police officers, in the hills south of Sarajevo. Not a day passes…
Read More...
Sarajevo Siege + 20: Fifteen photos
Time flies. Today marks the 20th Anniversary of the beginning of the siege on Sarajevo. Not a day passes that I don't think about my visit there in 2011. Even…
Read More...
Beggars
It was just as I decided against buying some pens made from large bullet shell casings that I felt a slight tug on my shirt. It came from a gaunt woman with very long straight jet black hair and rotting front teeth. She was holding a young girl by the hand whose complexion was just a shade lighter than her own pale kidney bean brown. I pretended…
Read More...
Vidblog for June/July 2011
https://vimeo.com/27942088 Since August has almost wound down and I'll be away for most of the next three weeks, there's no time like the present for my second…
Read More...
Sarajevo Tunnel Museum (Sarajevo Notebook III)
Here's a quick stroll through the 25 meters or so that remains of the what locals dubbed Sarajevo's Tunnel of Hope. During the beginning of Sarajevo's…
Read More...
Things you’ll find in the basement of Sarajevo’s Academy of Fine Arts
Here's a quick clip of the basement level storage room at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, shot through a gate. Like a rat, I'm naturally drawn and attracted to these sorts of spaces. Anyone recognize who the broken sculpture is supposed to represent? Looks vaguely familiar. Or not. A few more shots: And here's the Academy from the front,…
Read More...
Michael Jackson meets Christopher Reeve?
An odd morph that oddly works. At Sarajevo's Olympic Stadium, 28-Jun-2011. Sarajevo 091, originally uploaded by pirano.
Read More...
Sarajevo pics, Part deux
As usual, summer's flying by. On the road too much, with way too much piling up at home. I finally got around to some more pics from last month's trip to…
Read More...
Trebević Mountain Polka (Sarajevo notebook II).
Catching up on last month's visit to Sarajevo, here's a four-minute high speed stroll down the 1984 Olympic bobsled run on Trebević Mountain. Apologies for the bumpiness, but I imagine that an actual ride on a bobsled would be a bit bouncy too. Particularly these days when a machete would come in handy. Constructed in 15 months at a cost of…
Read More...