Simply Ukraine

Rating:
Summary: Vibrant Photography Brings Ukraine to Life
Review: D'Avignon's lens brings the Ukraine into a kind-hearted soft focus with a wide variety of subjects and seasons. People and nature, landscapes and cities, pastoral scenes and religious heritage are all seamlessly and brilliantly brought together in one elegant volume. All of the photographs are at least excellent in quality, and I thought a few not only "simply Ukraine," but outstanding. Among my favorites are: the Pechersja Lavra Monastery in Kyiv showcasing its exquisite cluster of softly-gilt and beveled domes; a fence line, a few barren trees, and a haystack floating in an invisible winter snow; a happy young lad bounding through the grass (could be anywhere, but he's in Kyiv); presumably a mother and daughter, Halia Sulyma and Ksenia, joyfully bounding through the grass near Chernihiv (there is quite a bit of happy "bounding through the grass" in this volume, a bright reflection of the natural side of the Ukrainian spirit). And if the readers may not find these few mentioned suited to their individual tastes, then other photographs included surely will be. Published in Kyiv with bilingual text in Ukrainian and English, this volume is more than just a pictorial essay of the Ukraine -- it has the power to permanently bond the English-speaking world with this unique and remarkable land, a diplomatic bridge worth crossing.

Rating:
Summary: Vibrant Photography Brings Ukraine to Life
Review: D'Avignon's lens brings the Ukraine into a kind-hearted soft focus with a wide variety of subjects and seasons. People and nature, landscapes and cities, pastoral scenes and religious heritage are all seamlessly and brilliantly brought together in one elegant volume. All of the photographs are at least excellent in quality, and I thought a few not only "simply Ukraine," but outstanding. Among my favorites are: the Pechersja Lavra Monastery in Kyiv showcasing its exquisite cluster of softly-gilt and beveled domes; a fence line, a few barren trees, and a haystack floating in an invisible winter snow; a happy young lad bounding through the grass (could be anywhere, but he's in Kyiv); presumably a mother and daughter, Halia Sulyma and Ksenia, joyfully bounding through the grass near Chernihiv (there is quite a bit of happy "bounding through the grass" in this volume, a bright reflection of the natural side of the Ukrainian spirit). And if the readers may not find these few mentioned suited to their individual tastes, then other photographs included surely will be. Published in Kyiv with bilingual text in Ukrainian and English, this volume is more than just a pictorial essay of the Ukraine -- it has the power to permanently bond the English-speaking world with this unique and remarkable land, a diplomatic bridge worth crossing.