A good old Russian saying states: "If you want your friend to go broke - buy him a camera". What it doesn't mention is that insomnia from cataloging and processing all the photos comes right after...
I discovered the joy of photography in 2002. It helped me through the hard times and allowed me to meet many extraordinary and creative people. Presented in this section are some of my photographs arranged into series by time periods, places and characters.
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Silicon Valley Places and Views
The latest addition to this gallery:
The gallery contains the following albums:
- Santana Row (San Jose) in preparation for Christmas,
- street shots,
- Silicon Valley flowers of December, and
- macro shots and fragments.
Photographs in this gallery: 54 or so
Taken: 2006, 2007
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Modern Streets, Retro Cars
Photographs of retro cars running the streets of today. They are stylish. They are fancy. They are live history. See the gallery.
Photographs in this gallery: 9
Taken: 2001-2007
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The Views of Ulyanovsk, My Native City
The city is located in the East European part of Russia. It overlooks the great Russian river Volga. See the gallery.
Photographs in this gallery: 22
Taken: 2003-2005
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New York City Scenes
Various scenes from the NYC streets. See the gallery.
Photographs in this gallery: 11
Taken: 2002-2004
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New Jersey in the Fall
The scenes of the fall in the northern New Jersey are breathtaking. See the gallery.
Photographs in this gallery: 36
Taken: October 2003
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Birds of New Jersey
Various pictures of local New Jersean birds. See the gallery.
Photographs in this gallery: 8
Taken: 2002-2003