andy townend captures the life and soul of belgrade, serbia
This post is rubbish. It is also in stark contrast to my last few colourful posts. But with no apology. For the images in this post bring good news. Prompted by an exhibition in the centre of the city last weekend focused on the need to recycle our rubbish. Anyone familiar with belgradestreets will also … Continue reading cleaning up the streets
Belgrade has earned its reputation as one of the party capitals of Europe. The EXIT festival, floating night clubs, dancing until dawn. Not only the very young know how to party on belgradestreets. This weekend there were various fairs, festivals, parties and other organised events filling the streets. For me this set of impromptu images, … Continue reading no jacket required
I know, it will be 33C again this week, but hey I'm sorry, nature considers the fall is here. Kalemegdan is one of my most loved parts of belgradestreets. Not a street, but the heart, lungs of this city? So, here are some images of the shift to the fall, however reluctant mother nature may … Continue reading fall in kalemegdan
Summer left, the rain poured down, autumn loomed. And err....then summer exploded back onto belgradestreets. Where else does the temperature bounce around between 11C and 33C in the space of a few days. Anyone remember the Danube freezing when we hit -25C and then only four weeks later it was t-shirts on for 24C? Where … Continue reading manjež defies the fall
September 2012, marked one year of belgradestreets. This post is a thank you to those good people at Komshe who have recently published my book, belgradestreets, which features images taken from this blog. I would particularly like to thank Branko Andrić, the Managing Director of Komshe d.o.o. for backing the idea, and taking the book … Continue reading sometimes dreams come true
No day on belgradestreets is ever the same as another. Never boring. There is always something to catch the eye. Sport plays a great part in the life of those on belgradestreets. Most of my posts have some element of planning, however rudimentary. This post was prompted by a blocked road and a growing sense … Continue reading 15 beogradska rolerijada
A couple of weeks ago I dropped my gorgeous (and uninsured...) Nikon D700 just a few centimetres on to a stone floor. The sound of breaking glass was not great. My heart missed a beat or two. Thanks to the great people at Refot here in Belgrade, I was distinctly relieved (classic British understatement perhaps...) … Continue reading studentski trg
One year ago, 5 September 2012, I posted a single image to a new blog, belgradestreets. Thanks to you, those who read, like, and comment, on my posts, belgradestreets has altered my view of the world. Given me a new creative outlet. Changed my life. Always interested in blogging and photography, I had never chanced … Continue reading one year on belgradestreets
The screech of jets screaming over head, children crawling all over multi million euro fighter jets. Hot dogs and tarmac sizzling. Smoke plumes trailing through the air. The search for a place to park in the town which lies some 20 km to the north of belgradestreets. Overcrowded buses, cars and motorcycles mixing with the … Continue reading batajnica 2012
Building on two previous posts, "faces on the street" and "summer's almost gone". Each image spoke to me about transition. From summer to autumn. From youth to old age. From ancient to modern. From happiness to anguish. Life, in all its complexity. On belgradestreets.
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