A short design fairy tale with a happy ending I’m sitting in a bar one hot Sunday afternoon sipping a beer. A light draft, because they don’t have a dark one to order a mix, half and half. Across from me sits my old friend K1, who came from far away on the other side…
Category: something in between
Kyrgyzstan by night
I always had (and still have) a desire to take a good picture of the night sky. I remember all the nights when my father carried me on his shoulders as a little boy. And we would observe the stars and constellations. All those exotic names Aldebaran, Denebola, Ursa Major, Cassiopeia, the Milky Way rang…
Uncle Ray Solo
One Man Band Have you ever photographed something that seemed interesting to you at the time, and years later you realized that you had photographed a piece of history, a piece of urban legend, something that was left behind in another time?So I was walking through Fishermen’s Wharf in San Francisco back in June 2001….
Cats of Istanbul
The Aristocats American animated musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions was a popular film in the early 1970s. Set in Paris, the plot follows a family of aristocratic cats who are set to gain their mistress’s fortune, much to the dismay of her butler. Thrown into the countryside, the family is helped by…
Haiku For My Mother
It’s been a year since my mother passed away.At that time, I wrote a haiku in her memory. Stisk njene rokeUmrla bom, je reklaSlovo za vedno The squeeze of her handI will die, she said to meGoodbye forever A haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry consisting of three unrhymed lines with a 5,…
They Say
They sayWhen a star falls, wish for luck.And they sayWhere the rainbow touches the ground,Happiness awaits you.And yetHappiness is step ahead of you.Give me your handAnd I’ll give you luck. Sunday, 12 September 1982
Happy New Year 2026
Lennon and Me
And a Little Bit About The Beatles At around 10:50 p.m. (EST) on 8 December 1980, as Lennon and Ono returned to their New York apartment in the Dakota, Mark David Chapman shot Lennon in the back four times in the archway of the building. Lennon was taken to the emergency room of nearby Roosevelt…
Afghanistan
My close (and slightly less close) encounters Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China…
How I Survived the Istanbul Protests
My friend tells me that I know how to choose my timing.After five years, I return to Istanbul. And immediately protests.OK, not because of me, I am just a calm observer of events. Well, the internal affairs of Turkey.So, on Tuesday evening, March 18, I walk to Taksim Square. I want to take a photo…