Freelance Photography : Bertrand Celce

Picking in the Russian Taïga

Standing in the shade Here are a few pictures shot in the immense taïga forest of central Russia (way east from Moscow), a gold mine for all sorts of delicacies, small red or black fruits and countless varieties of mushrooms in particular. All you need, in addition to spotting the berries and mushrooms, is trust the knowledgeable local persons whom you believe will be able finding the way back to the village. I must admit that I wasn't always confident that we would find the right direction back to the civilization. Our party went into 2 weathered all-terrain vehicules along grass roads deep into the woods which I knew was total wildeness in one direction at least.

различные фотографии

Roadside building somewhere in southern Russia Chainsaw for sale

Back stage in the Ballet theater

The Pushkin Ballet theater in Nizhnyi Novgorod (Russia) Last makeup befor the ballet

Kristina Kochetova (The Sleeping Beauty - Tchaïkovsky)

First ballet for Kristina KochetovaSleeping Beauty ballet by Tchaïkovsky.
This took place in the town ov Nizhny Novgorod, and this very day was the D-day for Kristina Kochetova, as she danced her first ballet in front of the public. You must imagine that when this picture was shot, she was a couple of minutes before from the beginning of the ballet. We wish her a long career... In a couple minutes, this is it....

Россия (2010)

Kombinat in the steppe (central Rurria) Bus unloading in a village

Japan sights

Parking-lot lights in Ikebukuro (Tokyo) Umbrellas, cranes in Osaka (Kansai)

A few more Tokyo shots

Nihonmatsu at night (Fukushima Prefecture, not Tokyo, actually) Yamanote scene

Aрхивохранилища России (2)

Hay trucks near Gorki reservoir (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) Igor playing in front of isba (central Russia)

Aрхивохранилища России

Going to swim at dusk in the Volga (Nizhnii Novgorod) friends in a Moscow underground walkway

Donbass Arena (Donetsk Stadium) 2012

Donbass Arena - Parking Lot - Donetsk Stadium - Donetsk Autumn Queen