https://bubkes.org/2014/01/12/a-short-lived-project-chaos-intentionality-and-the-symmetry-of-friendship/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/0007-2.jpg0007-2The late Dimo Kolarov playing accordion for the last time, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1996. Reflected in the mirror, Georgi "Johnny" Penkov. Rolleiflex Tessar f3.5, 400ASA b/w negative film pushed to 800ASA, scan of print. Click to enlargehttps://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/0003.jpg0003Work bench, acoustical institute, Sofia, Bulgaria, winter, 1996-7. (Nikon F3, Nokkor 35mm f2.0, 400ASA B/W neg film pushed to 800ASA, scan of print.) Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/0006.jpg0006https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/0004.jpg0004https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/0005.jpg00052022-01-01T19:16:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2020/07/27/thoughts-of-the-black-sea/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dscf0828.jpgDSCF0828https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dscf0804.jpgDSCF08042021-06-28T17:17:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/stephen-lewis/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/jh-sl-at-bb-2018.jpgJH SL at BB 2018https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sl-by-lm-1-e1462021885977.jpgSL by LM 1Me as I cannot deny being, 2016. Photo by Lena Marinova, scan of b/w negative (Ilford HP5 at 400ISO), taken with a Nikon F2A and the very same 105mm f2.5 as used in the photo above.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sl-by-lm-scan-1.jpgSL by LM scan 1Me as I cannot deny being, 2016. Photo by Lena Marinova, scan of b/w negative (Ilford HP5 at 400ISO), taken with a Nikon F2A and the very same 105mm f2.5 as used in the photo above.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sl-self-portrait-94-2.jpgSL self portrait 94-2Self-Portrait With Rolleiflex Tessar, 1994. Me, as I once was and still (sometimes) feel. (Tripod-mounted Nikon F3 with Nikkor 105mm f2.5). Click to enlarge.2020-11-15T22:14:32+00:00weekly0.6https://bubkes.org/2014/01/03/the-womens-market-sofia-bulgaria-mid-1990s-one-poem-two-faces-and-recollections-of-three-photographers/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/021.jpg02Baker, side-street of Women's Market, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1997. (Rolleiflex f3.5 Tessar, Tri-X, 400 ASA, scan of print). Click to enlarge.2020-11-15T20:16:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/10/06/farmyard-grandmother-chicken-and-ovid-in-exile/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img015.jpgimg015Village of Kamen Bryag, 2005. Rolleiflex Xenotar f2.8, 400 ASA C41 process b/w film, scan of print.2020-09-15T19:28:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2017/07/12/feet-unfettered-ears-unfilled-a-sirens-song-from-the-coney-island-surf/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsf9909.jpg_DSF9909https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsf9909-2.jpg_DSF9909-2https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsf9912-2.jpg_DSF9912-22020-09-04T14:42:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/12/15/at-a-movie-premiere-in-sofia-bulgaria-one-octogenarian-one-accordianist-two-films-and-five-hats/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscf0062-3.jpgDSCF0062-3In the center, in one of his signature Hell's Angel-style caps, polymath and newly-minted octogenarian and maker of his own documentary films, Georgi "Johnny" Penkov, December, 2013. (Fuji X100, 1600ASA, "in camera" JPEG.) Click on photo to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscf0063.jpgDSCF0063Legendary guitar Virtuoso and life-long "Filibeli" (see body text for definition), Ognian Videv, wearing an English-style Kangol and holding, in lieu of his signature guitar, a signature glass of bear, December, 2013. (Fuji X100, specs as per above.) Click on photo to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscf0061.jpgDSCF0061Music at the premiere was provided by a high-spirited, virtuoso Roma (Gypsy) accordionist, with the very non-Bulgarian, non-Roma name of "Jimmy." Jimmy reinforces his seemingly American moniker with a seemingly American cowboy hate. Johnny invited Jimmy to the premiere after hearing him play on the street nearby. It was Jimmy's fault that I danced rather than photographed! (Fuji X100, specs as per above). Click on image to enlarge. https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscf0066.jpgDSCF0066One-time cineast and eternal charmeur Doncho Papasov earned his eternal right to a "Greek fisherman's" hat by actually having once sailed solo around the world. The faux-fur "kalpak" atop the head of blonde hair in the foreground added a "Ninotchka"-like touch of nostalgia and elegance. (FujiX100, specs as per above.) Click in photo to enlarge.2020-08-31T18:56:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/11/15/eminonu-waterfront-pickles-in-cups-grilled-mackerel-sandwiches-and-invented-traditions/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscf1714-2.jpgDSCF1714-2At the water's edge: Neon-lit canopied faux-traditional caiques, floating kitchens preparing and serving grilled mackerel sandwiches to passersby. In the foreground, an angler in search for his own dinner. Illuminated in the far distance, the Süleymaniye, the mosque complex of Sultan Süleyman the Law-Giver ("Suleiman the Magnificent"), a master-work of the 16th-century architect Mimar Sinan. Galata Bridge, Istanbul, 2011. (Fuji X100). Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscf1714.jpgDSCF1714At the water's edge: Neon-lit canopied faux-traditional caiques, floating kitchens preparing and serving grilled mackerel sandwiches to passersby. In the foreground, an angler in search for his own dinner. Illuminated in the far distance, the Süleymaniye, the mosque complex of Sultan Süleyman the Law-Giver ("Suleiman the Magnificent"), a master-work of the 16th-century architect Mimar Sinan. Galata Bridge, Istanbul, 2011. (Fuji X100). Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscf1733.jpgDSCF1733Pickle and pickle-juice vendor with stand prepared for the evening's trade, Eminönü, Istanbul, 2012. (Fuji X100). Click to enlarge.2020-08-31T18:54:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/06/28/gezi-park-continued-vanishing-tendrils-of-urban-economy-vanishing-bases-for-urban-democracy/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2862.jpg_DSF2862Köfteci. A street vendor of grilled köfte sandwiches, Gezi Park, early-June 2012. (Fuji X100). (Click on photo to enlarge.)https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2888.jpg_DSF2888Revolutionary melon slices for a revolutionary market. The slogan scratched onto the watermelon: "Taksim, the people's revolution is coming." But, no matter how progressive, red, and tasty such melon slices may have been, the going price -- five lira per serving -- was counter-revolutionary at best! (Fuji X100) (Click on image to enlarge).https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2890.jpg_DSF2890From köfte to nuts, as it were. Three street vendor operations, Gezi Park, eary-June 2013. Forgive the blur -- slow shutter speed, f2 thus narrow plane of focus, moving nut-vendor cart, and moving photographer (Fuiji X100) (Click on image to enlarge.2020-08-31T18:34:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/06/17/ubiquitous/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2834.jpg_DSF2834The Çarşı encampment, Gezi Park, taken during the first days of the occupation. (FujiX100)https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2969.jpg_DSF2969iPhone as surrogate telephoto lens. In focus on the iPhone screen and out of focus in the background: "guerilla theater" performed by a troupe of striking Turkish Airlines workers, Gezi Park, first week of occupation. (FujiX100)2020-08-31T18:32:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/06/18/the-banner-that-moved-me-most/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2909.jpg_DSF29092020-08-31T18:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/11/07/waterside-commerce-flower-vendor-with-coat-to-match/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscf1692.jpgDSCF1692Galata Bridge, Istanbul Turkey, 2012. (Fuji X100) Click to enlarge.2020-08-31T18:25:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/09/06/dancing-at-the-urban-edge-coney-island-weekend-afternoons/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscf0217.jpgDSCF0217Dancers at a weekend afternoon dance party, Coney Island Boardwalk, Brooklyn, New York, 2012. (Fuji X100 w/28mm-equivalant lens adapter). Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscf0250.jpgDSCF0250More Coney Island dancers! (Specifications as per photo above) Click to enlarge.2020-08-31T18:23:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/06/16/who-will-kneel-before-whom/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf3018-2.jpg_DSF3018-2Marchers carrying the banner of a folkloric dance association, Istiklal Cadessi (Avenue), Istanbul, , 1 June 2013, The hundreds of thousands of other marchers that passed through Istiklal that day ranged from trade unionists to nationalists, to fringe leftists, to lesbians and gays, and to just ordinary people. Marching phalanxes from Istanbul's football (soccer) fan clubs added a tough working-class edge. (Fuji X100)https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf3029.jpg_DSF3029The Turkish Prime Minister announced that he would never kneel before "looters/freebooters" occupying Gezi Park and the marchers demonstrating on their behalf. This marching folklorist carries a sign liberally translated as: "Even when we dance Zeybek (a traditional dance involving crouching steps), we do not kneel!"2020-08-31T18:20:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/photographic-approach/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/041.jpg04Stairway, vicinity of the Women's Market, the outdoor market of Sofia, Bulgaria, 1998. (Rolleiflex Tessar f3.5, Ilford HP5.) Click on image to enlargehttps://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/belleto.jpgBelletoA Portrait: The late "Belleto," cardboard box scavenger, Women's Market, Sofia, Bulgaria, winter 1997-8. (Rolleiflex Tessar f3.5, Tri-X 400 ASA, scan from print) Click to enlarge.2020-08-26T16:33:48+00:00weekly0.6https://bubkes.org/about/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hermes-budapestar-e1378022929655.jpgHermes BudapestarArchitectural Detail, Ulitsa Budapeshta, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1997. (Rolleiflex Tessar f3.5, Tri-X, Scan of Print.) Click to enlarge.2020-08-25T19:45:18+00:00weekly0.6https://bubkes.org/contact/2020-08-25T18:21:48+00:00weekly0.6https://bubkes.org/2013/06/12/bubkes-redux/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/smaller92novipazarbridearri.jpgSmaller92NoviPazarBrideArrihttps://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/smallerivo92novipazarstandi.jpgSmallerIvo92NoviPazarStandihttps://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/smallerivoyuri92novipazar.jpgSmallerIvoYuri92NoviPazarhttps://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/smallernovipazar92brideandg.jpgSmallerNoviPazar92BrideandGhttps://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/small92novipazarclosedance.jpgSmall92NoviPazarClosedancehttps://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ivo96test0011.jpgIvo96Test001https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ivo96test001.jpgIvo96Test001Ivo Papasov, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1996. Nikon F2, Tri-X 800ASA.2020-08-05T19:39:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/07/14/plovdiv-bulgaria-1997-musicians-marching-in-protest/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/marching-musicians-plovdiv-2.jpgMarching Musicians Plovdiv-2Musicians marching in protest demonstration, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, winter of January,1997. In the winter of 1996-1997 the Bulgarian Lev plummeted, store shelves empty, and the prices of food and utilities soared beyond the means of most people. Weeks of protests ensued. (Scan of print, Nikon F3, 35mm f2.0, Tri-X.) Click on image to enlarge.2020-08-05T19:38:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/03/11/a-reconsideration-eye-to-eye-squint-to-squint-and-thoughts-on-who-is-photographing-who-and-why/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img228-4.jpgimg228-4Paint store workers, Perşembe Pazarı, Galata, Istanbul, 2013; B/W negative; Rolleiflex Xenotar f2.8.2020-07-22T15:57:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2020/06/19/memorial-representation-chimera-in-memory-of-the-humboldttempel-the-obliterated-synagogue-of-favorieten-the-10th-district-of-vienna/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dscf6039.jpgDSCF6039https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dscf6023-3.jpgDSCF6023-3https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dscf6015-2.jpgDSCF6015-22020-07-10T23:56:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/04/01/spolia-from-the-sublime-to-the-delightfully-utilitarian/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/0002.jpg0002Spolia, Seljuk Mausoleum, environs of Eskişehir, Turkey, 1997. Scan of print of b/w negative, Rolleiflex T Tessar f3.5. Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img090.jpgimg090Spolia, inner courtyard, Rüstem Paşa Hanı (aka Kurşunlu Han), Perşembe Pazarı, Istanbul. Print of b/w negative, Rolleiflex Xenotar f2.8, 2002. Click to enlarge.2020-07-10T18:17:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2018/02/27/pauses-online-in-new-york-in-prospect-park-photographically/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsf5351.jpg_DSF5351https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsf5363.jpg_DSF5363https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsf5363-5.jpg_DSF5363-52020-06-23T13:31:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/04/10/international-roma-day-in-praise-of-energy-and-survival-a-chorus-of-djelem-djelem/2020-04-15T14:40:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2017/06/22/the-architecture-of-social-democracy-red-vienna-1919-1934-karl-marx-hof-and-the-amalien-bath/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscf3941-3.jpgDSCF3941-3https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsf2693.jpg_dsf2693https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsf2693-2.jpg_dsf2693-2https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscf3941-8.jpgDSCF3941-8Public bath house complex "Amelienbad," 10th district, Vienna, Austria, 2015. Fuji X100 w/-1.4 lens converter. Click on image to enlarge.2018-03-21T12:51:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2017/06/01/amsterdam-south-long-ago-rounded-corners-garden-gnomes-dreams-and-disappointments/2017-08-13T20:15:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2017/05/27/the-hague-long-ago-a-visual-footnote-minimalism-and-wry-humor/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img231-3.jpgimg231-3https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img230.jpgimg2302017-08-13T19:48:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2017/04/15/the-hague-recalled-restrained-decoration-self-conscious-uniformity-class-division-and-a-poetry-of-its-own/2017-08-13T19:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/10/26/monumental-non-monumentality-five-wurst-kebab-and-noodle-stands-the-10th-district-vienna/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsf6061.jpg_dsf6061https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsf7571.jpg_dsf7571https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsf5930.jpg_dsf5930https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsf5936.jpg_dsf5936https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsf5931.jpg_dsf59312017-05-09T17:02:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/11/01/a-last-stand-kebab-manns-crazy-noodels/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsf2328-3.jpg_dsf2328-3https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsf2328-2.jpg_dsf2328-2https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsf2328.jpg_dsf23282017-05-09T16:50:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/11/07/beneficent-brutalism-a-hill-top-church-and-an-immense-housing-estate-vienna/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsf7885-9.jpg_dsf7885-9https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsf7885-8.jpg_dsf7885-8https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsf7998-4.jpg_dsf7998-4https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsf7885-7.jpg_dsf7885-7https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsf7885-3.jpg_dsf7885-32017-05-09T16:47:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/11/10/remembering-november-10-1938-phantasm-and-reflection-two-memorials-without-words/2017-05-09T14:21:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/12/25/secession-the-battle-against-tuberculosis-and-a-postal-and-banking-palace-for-all-otto-wagners-postsparkasse-building-vienna/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/interior-wagner-postbank-bw6.jpginterior-wagner-postbank-bw6https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscf4553-4.jpgdscf4553-4https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscf4553-3.jpgdscf4553-3https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscf4584-2.jpgdscf4584-2https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscf4553-2.jpgdscf4553-22017-05-09T14:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2017/04/13/springtime-moments-and-details-recalled-istanbul-and-sofia/2017-04-15T06:19:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2017/03/15/recollections-of-sofia-empty-balconies-life-turned-inward-and-harsh-light-on-peeling-facades/2017-03-19T14:42:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2017/03/06/recollections-of-istanbul-one-balcony-two-views-two-media/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img071-2.jpgimg071-2https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscf0297-2.jpgdscf0297-2https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img071.jpgimg0712017-03-15T18:29:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2017/01/25/as-long-as-were-in-the-bronx-new-york-city-public-school-neo-romanesque/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscf1267-4.jpgdscf1267-4https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dscf1267-3.jpgdscf1267-32017-01-26T08:56:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2017/01/16/monumentally-non-monumental-a-diner-near-the-westside-docks-and-a-recruiting-station-in-the-bronx/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img563.jpgimg563https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img564.jpgimg5642017-01-17T15:23:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2017/01/07/meanderings-past-two-random-street-corners-istanbul/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsf2409.jpg_DSF2409https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dsf2407-10.jpg_DSF2407-10https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscf1902-7.jpgDSCF1902-72017-01-17T15:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/12/19/the-womens-market-sofia-bulgaria-the-endurance-of-the-19th-century-layers-of-unwarranted-blame-and-the-virtues-of-slow-lenses/2016-10-23T07:49:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/10/20/summers-past-three-gardens-kiyikoy-turkish-thrace/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsf3406.jpg_dsf3406https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsf3441.jpg_dsf3441https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsf3390.jpg_dsf33902016-10-20T18:35:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/06/07/springtimes-past-two-empires-two-beverages-two-distribution-systems/2016-06-09T07:29:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/05/29/mineral-baths-modest-and-ornate-semi-functioning-and-abandoned/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0351.jpgIMG_0351Abandoned mineral bath pavillion, village of Gorna Banya, outskirts of Sofia, Bulgaria. 2016. Canon G10. Click on image to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0351-3.jpgIMG_0351-3Abandoned mineral bath pavilion, village of Gorna Banya, outskirts of Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016. Canon G10. Click on image to enlarge.2016-06-07T17:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/05/23/springtimes-past-urban-paradoxes-green-space-cultic-gardens/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsf3231.jpg_DSF3231Garden of the followers of Deunov, Izgrev quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, late April, 2015. Fuji X100 with -1.4 wide angle converter. Click to Enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsf3233-2.jpg_DSF3233-2Garden of the Seminary of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Lozenets quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, late April, 2015. Fuji X100 with -1.4 wide angle converter. Click to Enlarge.2016-05-29T15:00:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/04/25/sofia-bulgaria-more-accidental-aesthetics-of-apartment-insulation-apartment-block-murals-why-and-for-whom-internets-celebrities-to-the-rescue-a-virtual-plate-of-chicharron/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscf4960.jpgDSCF4960Hadji Dimitar quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016. Fuji X100 w/+1.4 lens converter. Click on image to enlarge. https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscf5033.jpgDSCF5033Hadji Dimitar quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016. Fuji X100 w/+1.4 lens converter. Click on image to enlarge. https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscf5143.jpgDSCF5143Hadji Dimitar quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016. Fuji X100 w/-1.4 lens converter. Click on image to enlarge. https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscf5164.jpgDSCF5164Hadji Dimitar quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016. Fuji X100 w/+1.4 lens converter. Click on image to enlarge. 2016-05-18T15:17:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/05/16/springtimes-past-istanbul-from-dolapdere-to-kurtulus/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscf0726.jpgDSCF0726Kurtuluş, Istanbul, 2013. Fuji X100. Click to enlarge.2016-05-17T06:27:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/07/10/sofia-bulgaria-from-protest-to-protest-to-protest/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_0048-2.jpgIMG_0048-2Sofia, Bulgaria. Demonstrators gathering on a recent weekday evening in front of the National Assembly Building, a "Stalinist Wedding Cake" style edifice that during the years of the Soviet Bloc housed the headquarters of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Out of frame to the left: The offices the Bulgarian Council of Ministers. Out of frame to the right: The offices of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria. The National Assembly Building, by the way, stands at the very epicenter of Sofia, at the convergence of three ages-old roadways around which the city rose, at the remains of the east gate of the Roman city of Serdica, and at the foot of a rise upon which, during Ottoman times, stood the clock tower that regulated the city's pace. (Canon G10) (Click to enlarge.)2016-05-13T15:08:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/05/08/mondrian-meets-dorian-gray-patterns-of-neoliberal-disregard-thoughts-on-infrastructure-the-wrong-tools-for-the-job/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscf4987-2-e1462866481250.jpgDSCF4987-2Hadji Dimitar quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016. Fuji X100 w/+1.4 lens converter. Click on image to enlarge. https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscf4820.jpgDSCF4820Mladost 3 quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016. Fuji X100. Click on image to enlarge. https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscf49871.jpgDSCF4987Hadji Dimitar quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016. Fuji X100 w/+1.4 lens converter. Click on image to enlarge. https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscf5094-2.jpgDSCF5094-2Hadji Dimitar quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016. Fuji X100 w/-1.4 lens converter. Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscf5390.jpgDSCF5390Hadji Dimitar quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016. Fuji X100 w/+1.4 lens converter. Click to enlarge.2016-05-10T07:49:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/04/19/sofia-bulgaria-urban-insights-decorative-and-sober/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscf4998.jpgDSCF4998Poduyane quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016. Fuji X100 w/ +1.4 lens adaptor. The uncoordinated color schemes of privately insulated apartments on the facade lends an accidental Mondriaan-like counterpoint to the neo-psychedelica of the mural on the lateral face of the building. 2016-04-24T13:23:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/04/07/psych-o-delic-fifty-years-too-late/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscf49951.jpgDSCF4995Mural, apartment block, Podyane quarter, Sofia, BulgariaSofia, Bulgaria, 2016. FujiX100 w/1.4x wide-angle converter. Click on image to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscf49451.jpgDSCF4945Mural, warehouse, Poduyane quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016. FujiX100 w/1.4x tele converter. Click on image to enlarge.2016-04-19T10:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/08/09/the-church-of-st-james-the-martyr-poduyane-quarter-sofia-bulgaria-a-careless-assumption-a-careless-bombardment-and-the-benefits-of-a-once-strong-back/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/0179-3.jpg0179-3Church of St. James the Martyr, Poduyane Quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, late-1990s. (Toyo field camera, 6x9cm back, 55mm Rodenstock lens, b/w negative, scan of print). Click on image to enlarge.2016-04-07T10:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/03/24/more-eye-to-eye-two-photos-two-x-two-decades-two-fast-ways-to-focus-two-cameras-and-two-worthy-links/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img870.jpgimg870Residents, Fishing Village, Sunda Strait, Western Java, late-1970s.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img870-2.jpgimg870-2Residents, fishing village, Sunda Strait, Western Java, late-1970s, scan of print. Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/unbenannt-4.jpgUnbenannt-4Brazilian immigrant encountering first snow fall, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, winter 1995-1996, 35mm b/w, scan of print.2016-03-24T12:50:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2016/03/21/multiple-faces-of-istanbul-mannequins-as-metaphor/2016-03-22T08:15:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/10/22/mermaid-at-urban-edge-coney-island-2011/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf0699.jpgDSCF0699Mermaid, Mermaid Day Parade, 2011 (Fuji X100)2016-03-12T10:22:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/07/08/exuberance-or-desperation-street-vendor-rear-wall-of-egyptian-spice-market-eminonu-istanbul-anno-2000/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/0064.jpg0064Street Vendor, Vicinity of Egyptian Spice Market, Eminönü, Istanbul; +/-2000; Rolleiflex Xenotar ƒ2.8, black/white negative. Click on image to enlarge.2016-03-12T08:02:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/07/21/a-musical-interlude-two-musicians-two-instruments-two-moods/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf21901.jpgDSCF2190Musician playing tambur, Istiklal Caddesi, Istanbul, 2012. Fuji X100. Click on image to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf2191-3.jpgDSCF2191-3Keman player, istiklal Caddesi, Istanbul, 2012. Fuji X100. Click on image to enlarge.2016-03-12T08:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/07/26/a-great-day-in-mericleri/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/0058.jpg0058Congregants, Congregationalist Church, Meriçleri, Bulgaria, 2004. Rolleiflex Xenotar ƒ2.8, scan of 400ASA black/white negative.2016-03-12T07:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2015/06/06/istanbul-architectural-miscellany-one-ridge-two-valleys-three-geographic-factors/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscf1924-61.jpgDSCF1924-6Street View, Kurtuluş, Istanbul, 2012. Fuji X100. Click to enlargehttps://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscf1924-6.jpgDSCF1924-6Street View, Kurtuluş, Istanbul, 2012. Fuji X100. Click to enlargehttps://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscf1924-4.jpgDSCF1924-4Street View, Kurtuluş, Istanbul, 2012. Fuji X100. Click to enlargehttps://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1010267-6.jpgP1010267-6Construction site preparation, Bomonit/Piyale Paşa, 2013. Panasonic LX3. Click on image to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscf1924-2.jpgDSCF1924-2https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsf2298-3.jpg_DSF2298-3Evangelikos (Panagia Evangelista) Church, Dolapdere, Istanbul, 2012. Fuji X100. Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsf2298-2.jpg_DSF2298-22015-06-23T09:26:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2015/06/21/dusk-on-the-golden-horn-a-neglected-field-camera-a-pleasingly-flawed-pocket-camera-and-an-architectural-palimpsest/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1010188-6.jpgP1010188-6Dusk, Galata, Istanbul, 2013. Panasonic LX3. Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1010188-4.jpgP1010188-4Dusk, Galata, Istanbul, 2013. Panasonic LX3. Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1010188-2.jpgP1010188-2Dusk, Galata, Istanbul, 2013. Panasonic LX3. Click to enlarge.2015-06-22T13:02:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/10/12/shabla-bulgaria-seawards-and-kitchenwards/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf0720-4.jpgDSCF0720-4Boat-launching, fishermen's shanties, Shabla Lighthouse, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, 2014. Fuji X100, +1.4x, "50mm" tele-converter. Click to enlarge.2015-05-29T12:20:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2015/05/24/or-ahayim-hospital-balat-istanbul-a-shining-light-discretionanonymity-and-the-erasure-of-urbanity/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf1792-3.jpgDSCF1792-3Main entrance section of the original building of Or Ahayim Hastanesi, the Balat Jewish Hospital, Balat, Istanbul, 2013. Inscriptions, extent and obliterated, on its facade give insight into realities of past and present-day Istanbul. (Fuji X100) Click on image to enlarge.2015-06-09T05:10:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2015/05/17/balat-golden-horn-istanbul-urban-details-changing-populations-afternoon-light-and-shadows-row-houses-and-automobiles/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf1886-3.jpgDSCF1886-3Row Houses, Balat, Istanbul. Late afternoon, December, 2011. The nameplate of a Jewish physician on the entrance-way of one of the houses is one of the rare signs of the remaining presence of Jews in the buildings of what was once one of Istanbul's most densely populated Jewish neighborhood.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf1818-3.jpgDSCF1818-3Balat, Istanbul, late-afternoon, December 2011. Fuji X100. Click on image to enlarge.2015-06-09T05:05:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2015/05/06/a-tentative-return-a-long-vanished-night-spot-and-monuments-spatial-rather-than-physical/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf0121.jpgDSCF0121A Long-Vanished Nightspot: A patch of pavement, a corrugated metal fence, and a rundown cottage on a main thoroughfare in Sofia, Bulgaria – the likely location of a nightclub once owned and run by Keva, a legendary Romani (Gypsy) vocalist in the years preceding the Second World War. In its day, Cafe Keva was a popular gathering-place for Sofia residents of diverse ethnicities and walks of life. Fuji X100, 2014. Click on image to enlarge.2015-05-07T06:23:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/10/27/the-golden-horn-shifting-axes-of-urban-trajectories-and-intentionality-and-a-footnote-on-framing-verticality-mountains-men-and-pumpkins/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf0749.jpgDSCF0749The Golden Horn from the boat dock at Kasımpaşa. In the background, the Mosque of Sultan Selim Yavuz, 2012. Fuji X100. Click on image to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf0434.jpgDSCF0434The Golden Horn from Eminönü, 2012. In the background, the start of construction of the Halıç Metro Bridge. Fuji X100. Click on image to enlarge.2014-10-28T09:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/09/21/stone-cliffs-stone-beach-stone-walls-lord-of-stone/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cliffs-kbryag-300dpi-bw.jpgCliffs KBryag 300dpi bwCliffs and Sea, western coast of the Black Sea near the village of Kamen Bryag, northeast Bulgaria, late-1990s. Rolleiflex Tessar ƒ3.5, scan of print.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/stone-outbuilding-kbryag-300dpi-bw.jpgStone outbuilding Kbryag 300dpi bwDetail of outbuilding, village of Kamen Bryag, northeast Bulgaria, late-1990s. Rolleiflex Tessar ƒ3.5, scan of print.2014-10-12T14:36:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/09/24/corn-stalks-a-plateau-the-black-sea-and-the-horizon/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf0268.jpgDSCF0268Corn stalks, plateau, Black Sea, and horizon; Village of Kamen Bryag, Bulgaria; 2014. Fuji X100 with +1.4 tele-adaptor. Click on image to enlargehttps://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf0260.jpgDSCF0260Details as per photo above.2014-10-12T14:35:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/09/27/relics-of-an-agricultural-village-abandoned-bench-and-collapsed-shed/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf0353-21.jpgDSCF0353-2Shed and Tree, Village of Kamen Bryag, 2014. Details per photo above.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf0319-2.jpgDSCF0319-2Roadside bench, village of Kamen Bryag, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, 2014. Fuji X100 with +1.4 tele adapter. Click on image to enlarge.2014-10-23T07:24:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/10/01/autumn-blossoms-rural-roads-shallow-focus/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf0330.jpgDSCF0330Kamen Bryag, Bulgarian Black Sea coast, 2014. Fuji X100 with +1.4 tele-adapter. Click on image to enlarge.2014-10-12T14:34:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/07/05/brooklyn-late-spring-blossoms-in-the-midst-of-a-cold-spell/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf05611.jpgDSCF0561https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf0483.jpgDSCF0483https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf0489.jpgDSCF0489https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf0503.jpgDSCF0503https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf0530.jpgDSCF0530https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf0544.jpgDSCF0544https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf0549.jpgDSCF0549https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf0553.jpgDSCF0553https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf0560.jpgDSCF05602014-10-06T19:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/08/31/past-glory-abandoned-mineral-bath-pavilion-sofia-bulgaria/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0128-3.jpgIMG_0128-3Lateral view of abandoned early-20th-century mineral bath pavilion, Ovche Kupel quarter, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2014. Canon G10 pocket camera. Click on image to enlarge.2014-09-01T13:02:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/08/25/guns-of-august-books-of-august-the-iconography-of-a-gravestone-in-prague/2014-09-26T05:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/08/24/literary-interlude-graffito-sofia-bulgaria/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf0204-2.jpgDSCF0204-2Graffito on telephone junction box, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2014. Fuji X100. Click on image to enlarge.2017-09-06T19:56:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/08/20/monochrome-interlude-night-side-street-sishane-quarter-istanbul/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf0530-2.jpgDSCF0530-2Mosque of Şaban Kaptan, side street, Şişhane quarter, Istanbul, 2012. Fuji X100. Click on image to enlarge.2014-08-20T07:29:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/08/16/reflective-interlude-a-saturday-afternoon-besiktas-istanbul/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf0661.jpgDSCF0661Saturday activities, side street, Beşiktaş quarter, Istanbul, 2011. Fuji X100. Click on image to enlarge.2014-08-16T08:44:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/08/14/colorful-interlude-tarlebasi-quarter-istanbul/2014-08-14T08:33:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/08/04/courtyard-sofia-bulgaria-two-views-new-viewpoint/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf0102.jpgDSCF0102https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf0021.jpgDSCF00212014-08-05T07:34:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/07/17/from-piyale-pasa-to-bomonti-an-uncharacteristic-view-as-a-treatise-on-urban-change/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf2198.jpgDSCF2198https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf2328-41.jpgDSCF2328-4The upper stories of the Ant Hill Towers apartment complex, as seen from a football field at the heights Feriköy, Istanbul, 2012. (Fuji X100). Click on image to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf2210-3.jpgDSCF2210-3Istanbul, from Piyale Paşa to Bomonti, 2012. Fuji X100. Click on image to enlarge.2014-07-19T08:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/07/07/unkapani-before-the-construction-of-the-golden-horn-metro-bridge-a-declining-neighborhood-perched-atop-a-major-infrastructural-improvement/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/0014.jpg0014Metro tunnel under the neighborhood of Unkapani prior to the construction of the metro bridge over the Golden Horn, Istanbul, early 2012. Rolleiflex Xenotar 2.8, color negative roll film.2014-07-07T08:30:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/07/06/urban-back-streets-end-of-day-samatya-quarter-istanbul/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/0022.jpg0022Houses and apartment blocks, wooden and concrete, at day's end. Taken on a back street near the commuter rail tracks along the Marmara, Samatya (Psamatia) quarter, Istanbul, 2011 or 2012. Toyo field camera, 55mm Rodenstock lens, color negative roll film in a 6x9 cm. back. Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/0022-3.jpg0022-3Houses and apartment blocks, wooden and concrete, at day's end. Taken on a back street near the commuter rail tracks along the Marmara, Samatya (Psamatia) quarter, Istanbul, 2011 or 2012. Toyo field camera, 55mm Rodenstock lens, color negative roll film in a 6x9 cm. back. Click to enlarge.2014-07-06T20:56:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/02/05/a-tale-of-urban-expansion-late-19th-century-car%ca%82i-row-houses-functional-integration-street-life-and-class-mobility/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dscf0076-6.jpgDSCF0076-6Late-19th-century "çarșı"-style row house, Pirotska St., Sofia, Bulgaria, 2014. (Fuji x100). Click on image to enlarge.2014-02-07T13:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2014/01/19/the-mosque-of-hekimoglu-ali-pasa-istanbul-the-creation-of-space-floor-level-views-and-architecture-through-a-normal-focal-length-lens/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/0177-2.jpg0177-2The Mosque of Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa, Istanbul (view towards minber). +/-2000. The figure at prayer at the lower left and the figure seated at center provide scale. (Rolleiflex Tessar 3.5, 400ASA B/W negative, scan of print). Click on image to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/0177.jpg0177The Mosque of Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa, Istanbul (view towards minber). +/-2000. The figure at prayer at the lower left and the figure seated at center provide scale. (Rolleiflex Tessar 3.5, 400ASA B/W negative, scan of print). Click on image to enlarge.2014-01-20T07:52:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/07/07/istanbul-conflicts-from-afar-issues-and-aspersions-headscarfs-and-rambo/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2925.jpg_DSF2925Gezi Park, early-June, 2013. A prime minister's unsubstantiated allegations of desecration of mosques, attacks on pious women, and public drinking and sex (both, alas, missed by this observer) recall an ugly, divisive canard of the Vietnam War era. (Fuji X100). (Click on image to enlarge).2014-01-11T16:12:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/11/26/an-archway-in-tarlebasi-istanbul-orientalism-in-the-orient-a-statement-of-occidental-identity/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscf0417-3.jpgDSCF0417-3An archway at the entrance of a tenement in the Tarlebaşı quarter of Istanbul, 2012. (Fuji X100) Click to enlarge.2014-01-01T13:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/07/25/golden-horn-re-purposed-boats-fried-fish-and-the-economist-albert-o-hirschman/2013-12-20T14:35:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/12/01/sofia-rooftops-one-view-many-stories/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dscf1343-9.jpgDSCF1343-9View from my desk at sunrise, Sofia, Bulgaria, winter 2011-2012. (Fuji X100). Click to enlarge.2013-12-17T08:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/11/22/ghost-of-commerce-past-abandoned-storefront-tahtakale-quarter-eminonu-istanbul/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscf0131-3.jpgDSCF0131-3Former storefront, ground-floor of an abandoned late19th-century Greek-style apartment house, Tahtakale, Eminönü, Istanbul, 2012. (Fuji X100). Click to enlarge.2013-11-24T10:39:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/11/18/mattresses-brooms-and-art-in-bulk-tahtakale-istanbul-commerce-direct-and-unadorned/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscf0155-3.jpgDSCF0155-3Left: The wares of a broom seller with matching façade. Right: Affordable art. Tahtakale, Eminönü, Istanbul, 2012. (Fuji X100). Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscf0128-2.jpgDSCF0128-2Mattresses for sale, Tahtakale, Eminönü, Istanbul, 2012. (Fuji X100). Click to enlarge.2013-11-19T08:54:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/11/01/surfaces-at-the-urban-edge-boardwalk-or-concrete-walk/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf3091-2.jpgDSCF3091-2Shuttered monument to a forgotten Brooklyn politician: Abe Stark Sport Center, Boardwalk, Coney Island-Brighton Beach, 2011. (Fuji X100)https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf2751-3.jpgDSCF2751-3America's shoreline: John"s Italian Ices and a tattered US flag. Sunset at the Coney Island Boardwalk, 2011. (Fuji X100)https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf2751-2.jpgDSCF2751-2America's shoreline: John"s Italian ices and a tattered US flag. Sunset at the Coney Island Boardwalk, 2011. (Fuji X100)https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf3091.jpgDSCF3091Monument to a Forgotten Politician: Abe Stark Sport Center, Boardwalk, Coney Island-Brighton Beach, 2001. (Fuji X100)https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf2751.jpgDSCF2751America's shoreline: John"s Italian ices and tattered US flag. Sunset at the Coney Island boardwalk, 2011. (Fuji X100)2013-11-19T07:24:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/11/06/waterside-commerce-istanbul-cotton-candy-vendor-at-days-end/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsf2268.jpg_DSF2268Cotton candy and toffee vendor at day's end. Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013. (Fuji X100.) Click to enlarge. 2013-11-07T20:16:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/07/30/streets-of-kasim-pasa-a-minimal-intrusion-the-looking-glass-shine-shoeshine-stand-of-shine-osman/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf0138.jpgDSCF0138Shine Osman's "Looking Glass Shine" shoeshine stand, Kasım Paşa, Istanbul, 2013. Note the minimal footprint, functional design, recycled materials, and curious Donald Duck, Goofy, and Mickey Mouse themed curtains. (Fuji X100) Click to enlarge.2013-11-07T20:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/08/29/urban-sounds-urban-portaiture-la-reina-the-queen-celia-cruz/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscf1612.jpgDSCF1612"La Reina." The Queen of Latin Music, Celia Cruz. Wall painting, low-100s between Lexington and Third, Manhattan, 2012. (Fuji X100). Click to enlarge.2013-10-01T09:23:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/09/09/dancing-at-the-urban-edge-ginger-and-fred/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscf0122-3.jpgDSCF0122-3Ticket taker, dance event, Coney Island, 2012. (Fuji X100). Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscf0172.jpgDSCF0172Solitary "hoofer," Coney Island, 2012. (Fuji X100). Click to enlarge.2013-09-13T09:48:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/08/28/retailing-at-the-urban-edge-gino-flea-market-new-used/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscf1228.jpgDSCF1228Gino Flea Market, New & Used, West 168th Street, Bronx, New York, 2012. (Fuji X100) Click to enlarge2013-09-13T09:14:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/09/11/elegance-at-the-urban-edge-a-saturday-afternoon-dance-partner/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscf0235.jpgDSCF0235Boardwalk Dance Partner, Coney Island, 2012. (Fuji X100 w/ 28-mm adaptor) Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscf0229-2.jpgDSCF0229-22013-09-13T09:03:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/08/24/a-west-bronx-courtyard-fire-escapes-razor-wire-and-the-substance-of-life/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscf1306.jpgDSCF1306Courtyard, near Anderson Ave., West Bronx, 2012. Note the traditional New York City fire escapes and the razor wire atop the original wrought iron fencing. (Fuji X100) Click to enlarge.2013-09-13T07:14:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/09/12/sabbath-at-the-urban-edge-ultra-orthodox-jews-volley-ball-the-sea-and-the-horizon/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscf0273-2.jpgDSCF0273-2A Brighton Beach sabbath afternoon. Ultra-orthodox Jews gazing at volley ball and the horizon; Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, 2012. (Fuji X100). Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscf0273.jpgDSCF0273A Brighton Beach sabbath afternoon. Ultra-orthodox Jews gazing at volley ball and the horizon; Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, 2012. (Fuji X100). Click to enlarge.2013-09-13T07:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/07/17/from-the-archives-fading-fragments-of-legacy-infrastructure/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cesme-4.jpgCesme 4Frontal detail of the early-eighteenth-century Iskele (quayside) fountain, Uskudar, Istanbul, 1997. (Rolleiflex Tessar f3.5, Ilford HP5, scan of print). Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cesme-3.jpgCesme 3Fountain, seemingly from late-18th-century spolia, Zincirli Han, Kapalı Çarşıı, Istanbul, ca. 2000. (Rolleiflex Xenotar 2.8, Ilford XP2, scan of print.) Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cesme-2-2.jpgCesme 2-2Derelict fountain, Galata, Istanbul, ca. 2000. (Rolleiflex Xenotar f2.8, Ilford HP5, scan of print.) Click to enlarge.2013-09-10T08:09:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/08/06/urban-patterns-haseki-quarter-istanbul-concrete-and-shadows/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscf2050.jpgDSCF2050Concrete apartment houses awaiting demolition, Haseki quarter, Istanbul, 2013. (Fuji X100) Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscf2029-edit-edit.jpgDSCF2029-Edit-EditShadows cast by domes and chimneys of a 16th-century Imaret (hostel structure), Haseki quarter, Istanbul, 2013. (Fuji X100) Click to enlarge.2013-08-28T15:39:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/08/23/neo-mayan-facades-of-the-west-bronx-one-full-view-and-one-detail/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscf1382-2.jpgDSCF1382-2Detail, Service Entrance, Mayan-inspired terracotta tiles, Park Plaza Apartments, Jerome Avenue, Highbridge Heights, Bronx, New York. Constructed: 1929-1931. Architects: Horace Ginsbern, Marvin Fine. The six-pack of Heineken is fortuitous. 2012. (Fuji X100). Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscf1251.jpgDSCF1251Art Deco west Bronx: Noonan Plaza, Highbridge Heights, Bronx, NY. Constructed, 1931. Architect, Horace Ginsbern. Photograph, 2012. (Fuji X100) Click to enlarge,2013-08-24T15:04:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/08/10/ascent-the-stairways-of-the-west-bronx-in-memory-of-miss-gladys/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscf1322-2.jpgDSCF1322-2The streets of the west Bronx meander upwards on their ascent to the heights above the Harlem River. Their winding curves are transected by linear alleyways and stairways that reveal the brash geometry and uncompromising textures that underlies the stylized art deco facades for which the neighborhood is known. Anderson Avenue, 2012. (FujiX100) Click to enlarge.2013-10-03T08:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/06/24/gezi-parktaksim-square-ataturk-cultural-center-during-and-after-occupation-plus-a-word-on-the-iconography-of-public-space/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_4337.jpgIMG_4337Atatürk Cultural Center, Taksim Square, Istanbul, occupied and bedecked with banners of left wing groups, early-June 2013. (Canon G10) (Click on photo for larger image.)https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf3238-2.jpg_DSF3238-2Atatürk Curlutral Center, the morning after a brutal siege by police a week and a half ago. Immediately after the siege, the police removed banners hung by left-wing groups and replaced them with a portrait of Atatürk flanked by two Turkish flags. In an uncharacteristic departure from the usual iconography of of the present regime, a portrait of Prime Minister Erdoğan is conspicuous in its absence. (Fuji X100). (To magnify image, click on photo)2013-08-09T11:22:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/08/07/sofia-bulgaria-urban-change-and-dancers-after-an-outdoor-performance/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsf3346-2.jpg_DSF3346-2Two members of an amateur folk dance troupe following a performance at an outdoor dance event for children, downtown Sofia, Bulgaria, 2013. (Fuji X100, vertical crop from horizontal frame) Click to enlarge.2013-08-08T12:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/07/21/further-to-istanbul-conflicts-from-afar-kudos-mentions-and-attribution/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf0669-e1374407509747.jpgDSCF0669Scrap dealers' handcarts parked and at rest, Tepebaşı, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, 2012. (Fuji X100) Click to enlargehttps://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2.jpg2Anchors, Cables, Ropes. Perșembe Pazarı, Galata, Istanbul, 2011. The waterfront site of Perșembe Pazarı (The Thursday Market) has housed the workplaces of ships' chandlers for more than a millennium. (Toyo field camera, Rodenstock135mm f5.6, medium format color negative in 6x9cm back). Click to enlarge2013-08-05T13:12:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/08/05/streets-of-kasim-pasa-minaret-lost-amidst-concrete/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dscf0632.jpgDSCF0632Minaret surrounded by nondescript concrete structures, Kasım Paşa, Istanbul, 2012. (Fuji X100) Click to enlarge.2013-08-05T12:41:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/06/19/two-banners-two-presences/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2874.jpg_DSF2874Banner text: Pepper Gas/Gezi. Gezi Park Occupation, Istanbul, early-June 2013. (Fuji X100) (For larger image, click on photo.)https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2875.jpg_DSF2875Banner illustrated with the face of poet Nazim Hikmet and the first lines of his allegorical poem about a chestnut tree in Gülhane Park; Gezi Park, Istanbul, early June, 20132013-07-22T08:32:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/07/14/istanbul-water-fountains-taksim-and-infrastructural-tourism/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf0871-2.jpgDSCF0871-2A vendor of parakeets dwarfed by a late-Ottoman fountain, vicinity of Gedik Paşa Caddesi, Istanbul, 2012. (Fuji X100) Click to enlarge.https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf0871.jpgDSCF0871A vendor of parakeets dwarfed by a late-Ottoman fountain, vicinity of Gedik Paşa Caddesi, Istanbul, 2012. (Fuji X100) Click to enlarge.2013-07-14T17:02:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/06/22/gezi-park-placards-for-the-press/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf3180.jpg_DSF3180An appeal to the world's press, apparently in as many languages as the young people responsible could muster on short notice, Gezi Park occupation, Istanbul, first half of June, 2013. (Fuji X100) (Click on image to enlarge.)https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2851.jpg_DSF2851Commentary on coverage of the Gezi Park occupation and related demonstrations, part of an exhibition of political cartoons, Gezi Park encampment, early-June, 2013. (Fuji X100). (Click on photo for larger image.) 2013-07-10T12:03:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/06/30/istanbul-protests-a-frequent-characterization/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf3247-2.jpg_DSF3247-2A frequent characterization; Gezi Square, Mid-June, 2013. To use New York terms of reference, a caricature as a cross between an end-of-career Robert Moses, a Watergate-era Richard Nixon, and Rudi Giuliani at the time of the fly-specked Virgin Mary affair might be more charitable. (Fuji X100). To enlarge, click on image.2013-07-10T11:48:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/07/02/taksim-underpass-what-would-gertrude-stein-dorothy-parker-jane-jacobs-and-robert-moses-have-said/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf3125-2.jpg_DSF3125-2Marchers approaching Gezi Park from Osman Bey and Harbiye; Istanbul, early-June, 2013. In the center, the uncompleted open trench for an automobile underpass under and through Taksim Square, the main element in the road widening project that initially sparked the Gezi Park occupation. (Fuji X100). Click on image to enlarge.2013-07-10T11:46:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/06/21/gezi-park-signs-helpful-puzzling-and-enthusiastically-held/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf3181.jpg_DSF3181The photo is marred by extreme flare from direct back-lighting but the enthusiasm and sincerity of the sign bearers still shine through. Gezi Park occupation, Istanbul, early-June 2013. (Fuji X100). (Click for larger image.)https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2836.jpg_DSF2836Peace, love, and eat, Gezi Park occupation, Istanbul, early-June 2013. (Fuji X100). (Click for larger image.)https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2883.jpg_DSF2883Useful albeit incomplete advice, Gezi Park occupation, Istanbul, early-June 2013. (Fuji X100). (Click for larger image.)https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2904.jpg_DSF2904Somewhat less than helpful, Gezi Park occupation, Istanbul, early-June 2013. (Fuji X100). (Click for larger image.)2013-07-10T11:36:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.org/2013/06/17/rogues-gallery/https://bubkes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsf2814.jpg_DSF2814Occupiers, Gezi Square, Istanbul, two weeks ago. If you are tempted to write them off as "mere" student protestors, keep in mind that their parents and a good part of the society supported them to the hilt. (FujiX100)2013-07-18T21:32:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bubkes.orgdaily1.02022-01-01T19:16:14+00:00