Photographic Notes on Latvia's Capital – Ģirts Raģelis
Ģirts Raģelis's project Pilsētas piezīmes [City Notes] gives a fascinating insight into the many contrasting sides of the largest city in the Baltic states.Continue Reading →
Lichen – Adam Cullen
If I had a car/ if we had time/ I'd take you/ first to a ferry/ and then/ over sea/ island-bound...Continue Reading →
Film Focus: Together For Ever
"Natural and believable performances transport you to modern Vilnius and allows you to experience how families cope in post-modern society."Continue Reading →
For Those Forgotten by History: The Sun Sets in the East
Alexander Belinski and Agne Dovydaityte's feature-length documentary is based on a Lithuanian peasant’s diary from 1984Continue Reading →
Putting the Forgotten District of Lastādija Back on the Map of Riga
Lastādija or Lastadie is the forgotten name of the neighbourhood bounded by the Central Market, the railway, Lāčplēša Street and the Daugava river.Continue Reading →
DB Recommends: Andrius Mamontovas
Imagine a musician singing about hope and freedom at a time when the Soviet system was crumblingContinue Reading →
Fiction: Grigory Kanovich – Shtetl Love Song
"There’s no doubt that Mendel and I, more than anyone else, wanted to get to Russia as soon as possible..."Continue Reading →
DB Under the Radar: Ķemeri, Latvia
"Its medicinal water attracted thousands of tourists from all over the Russian Empire, thereby warranting the town a direct train line to Moscow"Continue Reading →
Forest Portraits, Forest People: the Pictures of Jane Remm
Estonia has one of the highest levels of forest cover of any nation in Europe, with almost half of the whole territory of the country made up of forests.Continue Reading →
Soviet Baltic Visuals: Images of Everyday Life in the USSR
This dramatic poster from Soviet Lithuania urges citizens to look after their forests.Continue Reading →
Soon to Be Gone? Images from Rural Lithuania
The project Soon to Be Gone came out of Lithuanian photographer Tadas Kazekevičius's fears that the traditional rural lifestyle of the country may soon be lost.Continue Reading →
Scenes from "the Livonian Switzerland" Over a Century Back
The photo album "Livländische Schweiz" was published at the start of the 1880s by Carl Anton Schulz, a Baltic German photographer.Continue Reading →