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The medieval town clock, Prague, Czech Republic.
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300 million in sub-Saharan Africa, live on less than $2/day, more than double the level 20 years ago, and having gone up by around 100 million over the last 10 years. Nearly two-thirds of people who have AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa. 90 percent of the world’s daily 3,000 malaria deaths occur here. One-third of boys and one-half of girls do not complete high school on the subcontinent. Two-thirds of the poorest countries in the world are in Africa. 34 of the 35 states with the lowest life expectancy are in Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo is twice the size of Britain, France and Germany, but with only 500 km of paved roads. Over 4 million people were killed during the war of 1998-2003, but the conflict had actually begun even earlier. Maman Jeanne Banyere and her husband, Prosper Mulengetsi, began their mercy mission in Masisi (in the mountains northwest of Goma) in 1996. Prosper directed a secondary school at the time, where Jeanne taught. Their ministry of compassion began with one four-month old orphan. People noticed and began dropping off other war orphans. Their centre of compassion grew. In 1998 while Maman Jeanne attended a national women’s conference in Kinshasa, Rwandan soldiers attacked Masisi. Prosper fled with 60 orphans. As fighting intensified, Prosper and the children slipped deeper into the forest. He happened across a band of pygmies, outcasts in the Congo. The pygmies fed and cared for Prosper and his orphans for six months. Maman Jeanne and Prosper then relocated their orphanage to Goma in 1999 and were adopted by HEAL Africa. They have successfully placed 70 orphans with foster families. Eighty orphans still remain under their care. Even in 2007 in DR Congo, 1,200 people still die every day from hunger, disease or violence. Over 50% of them are children. You can support Maman Jeanne’s through their child sponsorship program or by supporting the ministry directly. www.cnecpi.com ALL PROFITS OF SALE TO CHARITY.
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St Nicholas Church is the green domed building in the forground and on the horizon you can clearly see the huge Zizkov TV tower. The picture was taken from Prague Castle.
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These people had been run out of their village by militia and had just returned when we arrived in North Kivu province Democratic Republic of Congo. They are just some of the millions of displaced Congolese driven by fear of the horrific crimes carried out by the roaming militias. When we arrived it was chaos. People return to homes that no longer exists, and victims who are no longer as they were. HEAL Africa has started an initiative whereby the leaders of these communities from Muslim, Christian and indigenous religious groups come together to try and rebuild the community. Yep that’s right a Christian group working with others in a non judgmental socially progressive way. I just had to point that out :)
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Original painting by Yuriy Shevchuk / Pastel on paper / 33×70 cm Other works You can see on website www.shevchukart.com Critiques are welcome.
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The 21st Century has arrived. We have said ‘sorry’ to our indigenous population. There’s talk of a republic. So here’s my suggestion for a new flag. An INTERIM flag for using on the way to the great republic that shall unite all brothers – regardless of colour, origins or sexual preferences. It’s not the ultimate australian flag. It’s an interim one. Which means we could have it for the next 100 years. Assuming anyone anywhere liked it enough to even think of using it. I just thought it time to throw something in the mix…. Do not be shy. Break the rules and comment your opinions – good or bad. I invite honest comment and debate.
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From the Church of the Visitation of Our Lady, Hejnice, Jizera mountains, Czech Republic. In January/February 2002, I have visited the franciscan monastery and the Church of the Visitation of Our Lady in Hejnice for the first time, as a participant of a winter school. I was completely overwhelmed by the positive energy of this ancient place of pilgrimage! Since then, we have stayed there five or six times, enjoying all that peace and tranquility… I like this photograph a lot because it echoes the tranquility and spirituality of the place so well… But it was a bit tricky to make it finished: I didn’t have a tripod, so for making a photograph inside a church without heavy blur, I had to underexpose 2 stops or maybe more, and only now, using a scanner and image editing software, I was able to restore it. Luckily, the professional films I’m using (Kodak Supra 400 in this case) made it possible… The restoration/processing included: scanning the negative six times with analog gain of the scanner set between -1 and +1.5 stops, HDR processing to reveal the whole tonal range from illuminated wall behind the statue up to the Lady’s face in deep shadows, noise reduction, colorization, watercolor, camera distortion corrections, and curves.
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Looking at water can be so fascinating… / This photograph shows a weir in Ratiborice, Czech Republic, taken just a moment before it caught a canoe of a waterman who did not pay attention enough. May 2008. Canon EOS 300X, Sigma 28-135. Post-processing: ‘as is’, the only processing I did was retouching a scratch from the negative.
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‘We, Henry the King by the divine blessing, declare to the knowledge of all, that we have donated to our servant Otnant a part of forest along the way to Cheb.’ / —Henry IV, February 13th, 1061 This first written reference to the town Cheb from the year 1061 is, at the same time, also the oldest documentation of the advancing medieval colonisation of the territory around Cheb in the extreme western Czech Republic near the German border. The historical region of Cheb has been part of the Holy Roman Empire. Cheb is one of the oldest towns in Bohemia, with a history full of violence for it guards the easiest approach to Bohemia from the northwest. However, the picturesque old town retains much of its historic gothic and renaissance architecture dated from 9th century till today. And despite its relatively small size, 35,000, and a rather remote geographical location, the city of Cheb is today one of the Czech Republic’s most multicultural cities. Framed Print / /
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pastel on colour pastel paper Fabriano / 25×60 cm / original sold www.shevchukart.com This painting was Featured in group European Everyday Life .
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Hotel stairway. Canon 350D / Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 FEATURED in 100% Group (02 06 09) MANY thanks to the moderators for choosing this image to feature….very much appreciated.
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Beautiful door in the St. Vitus’ Cathedral, Prague Canon 350D / Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 FEATURED in JPG Cast-Offs (02 11 09) Many thanks for this honour.
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This was really a sight to behold, Prague is such a beautiful city. The red roof tops really jump out, don’t they? Thank you Maggie for the most excellent title ! / HDR image, then add’l post processing applied (dodge & burn, etc). Taken with the Nikon D50 and the Tokina 12-24mm f/4 lens. My art with 1000+ views
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moon shot in our backyard at Casa de Campo / Dominican Republic manipulated in PSCS2 Avatar for Shoot The Moon for the week of March 8 – 15, 2009
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Taken during my vacation to Punta Cana, Dominican Repulbic, February 2009.
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One of the several ship at the MANO JUAN fishermans’ village shore – SAONA ISLAND – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / “ALL ABOUT BOATING” Group – March 2009 CYBER SHOT 5.1 Compact Camera – SONY (131 views) SAONA ISLAND looks like a Paradise.Calm and serenity are the emotions you can feel over there, but MANO JUAN is a very ENCHANTING place. Not a great number of tourists are allowed visiting it, so you can feel the light breeze of the wind, the sound of the calm, bright sea, the sound of the shifted leaves of the Coco palms shifted by the sea breeze…and nothing more…Lots of colorful boats are spread all the shore, some in use, some abandoned whith a sort of enchanting, fashinated grace….I spent all the time watching the multicolored sea , which gave me a sense of infinity, the feeling of living in a place out of the space and the time, while I was there… I left my haeart at MANO JUAN… SAONA ISLAND: the Dominican Republic Wildlife Reserve. Anyone, beside the villages’ inhabitants can stay or live there. JUST ONLY FOR VISITING IT A FEW HOURS and then PEOPLE MUST GO AWAY A place, a Paradise,a dream. Click on the images below to watch or to leave a comment…TNX in advance!
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I’m going through some of my old photos of Europe and “improving” them with textures and effects to create more of an illustrative or painterly feel. Number 8 in a series and part of a calendar.
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oil on canvas / 30×20 cm / original sold / www.shevchukart.com /
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Dominican Republic / . / . / . / . / . / . /
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The Moldavian Democratic Republic (Romanian: Republica Democratică Moldovenească), a.k.a. Moldavian Republic, was the state proclaimed on December 15 (old style December 2nd), 1917 by Sfatul Ţării (the National Council) of Bessarabia, elected in October-November 1917 in the wake of the February Revolution and desintegration of the political power in the Russian Empire. Sfatul Ţării was its legislative body, while the Council of Directors General, renamed Council of Ministers after the Declaration of Independence, was its government.
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The Prague Astronomical Clock is a medieval astronomical clock located in Prague, and is mounted on the southern wall of Old Town City Hall in the Old Town Square.
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Seed pods captured on a winter day. I used a solarization filter to produce this effect. I was encouraged to experiment with this by the work of my dear friend from Down Under, Vicki Ferrari Not usually my kinda music but somehow it fits – check out One Republic’s Secrets Written by Ryan Tedder / “So tell me what you want to hear / Something that were like those years / Sick of all the insincere / So I’m gonna give all my secrets away / This time, don’t need another perfect line / Don’t care if critics never jump in line / I’m gonna give all my secrets away” Also available as a card or matted print with caption: /
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Paradise Island, Dominican Republic. A tiny sand bar in the middle of the sea!
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