Seeking the World’s Soul

Just got some older photos uploaded. They’re from the trip I took to the Seychelles Islands in early 2006 - midwinter holiday from work in Moscow to go meet up with family there. My dad was working on developing a marine protected area and it was a great excuse to Moscow’s January bleakness. At any rate, the islands are simply stunning. I don’t want to paint it as a paradise, exactly, because I find descriptions like that seem to de-humanize and plasticize a place, stripping them of culture and history in the search for the perfect stretch of sand, but being there was awfully nice.

Tags: Galleries by Kira
No Comments »

Sorry about the lack of posts recently; I just made a major international move from Moscow to Berlin with about 2 week’s notice. My husband and are getting settled in fairly well now and I should be posting again regularly! The trip was… an adventure, in the way that badly planned things often are, but we made it to our new place at about 4:30 a.m. on May 2nd and are now about 80% unpacked and set up here.

So, this photo is of some artistically dressed up mannequins I saw on the street, the first day out exploring, and links to a gallery set from that day.

Tags: Galleries, Photos by Kira
No Comments »

I think my website has been hacked… the main site has disappeared and I can’t get into the Wordpress admin area either. The other wordpress blogs I’m hosting for my family are messed up too. Arg, computers. I’ll deal with it tomorrow. Gallery still works, anyway.

Anyway, a bit of what I’ve been working on:

First edits up here.

The model is Tamta, a Georgian girl who’s a refugee from Abkhazia (and sort of a student though I’m not charging her), who I’m helping develop a modeling portfolio. She’s a treat to work with, though I had to do her makeup (just a touch of it) because all she has is colored chapstick.

Tags: Galleries, Photos by Kira
No Comments »

Click image to view gallery.

Photos from my trip to Tunisa a year ago. Ancient Carthage, famous enemy of the Roman Republic, is now part of a suburb of Tunis. The ruins are quite well preserved, and exploring them and the museum was a treat.

Tags: Galleries, Travel Writing by Kira
No Comments »

Click image to view gallery.

Just doing some updates on the photo galleries. Split my Moscow photos into a couple different groups - this one is focused on people, the other on landscapes and monuments.

Tags: Galleries by Kira
No Comments »