Olympic Stadium construction, Sochi, Russia, February 2013 © Simon Roberts
I”ve just returned from a trip to Sochi in Russia where I was documenting preparations for next year”s Winter Olympics in Russia. The photographs will feature in later this year.
Russian dash-cams hit the news when a dozen different motorists around the city of Chelyabinsk were able to capture video of a massive meteor flying through the sky? Almost everyone in Russia has a dash-mounted video camera in their car.
Read an article about them in Wired magazine here.
President Putin launches his most audacious PR stunt to date! See more examples of Russian meteor memes here.
I’m currently in Russia working on a project about preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Photograph: Construction of the Olympic Stadium in Sochi. © McKenzie Funk, February 2013.
Valentines card from my daughter, Jemima.
I came across this snow covered Lada in Moscow last night. It reminded me of A.D.Miller’s book Snowdrops.
Photographer Will Steacy discusses his work ‘Down These Mean Streets’ during a studio visit in Philadelphia, September 2012.
Exhibition: 32 Paintings
At: Phoenix Art Gallery and Studios, 10-14 Waterloo Place, Brighton BN2 9NB
Preview and Performance: Friday 8 Feb, 6-8pm
Exhibition runs: 9th February – 24th March
Open Weds – Sundays, 11am – 5pm
My photo-book of the week: The Beautiful Cliché by Renato D’Agostin.
“Finally a book on Venice without gondolette, silvery reflections, romantic glimpses of canals and bridges and everything else that provides the perfect tourist measure for selling a city known as ‘the most beautiful in the world.’ D’Agostin’s eye is certainly more sensitive than the emulsion or apparatus of his camera, and this is a crucial talent in the field of photography” Italo Zannier
Find out more about the book here.
Photographed in mc2 gallery, Milan, who represent Renato’s work.
Piazza del Duomo (“Cathedral Square”), Milan, Italy, January 29 2013 © Simon Roberts.