Category: Personal
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It is 3:30 in the morning as I am sitting down to write this. Sophia (my 1-year-old daughter) woke me up about an hour ago and I cannot seem to fall back asleep. Truth be told, I have been thinking about this for a long time and in my “fastidious project manager” mode made pages…
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When I was a kid, I spent 4 or 5 summers in a row in a small village near a Ukrainian town of Korosten’. My grandfather and I would get on a train or a bus from my hometown of Gomel and take a 6-hour trip to his friend’s farm. Pavel and Galina (my grandfather’s…
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This man’s name was Gherman. He used to visit my grandfather a few times a year, and I always looked forward to his visits. He had encyclopedic knowledge of pretty much everything; he spoke German, French, English and Yiddish; best of all, he was as obsessed with photography as I was. Years later, after I…
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This has been an absolutely insane year and we really needed to get out of Pittsburgh for a few days, change the scenery and do something fun. We usually take one big trip (usually abroad) every year; this year we picked Ireland by pretty much pointing blindly at the map of Europe. We were a…
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I’ve been a huge fan of Timbuk2 messenger bags for about 10 years now – they are virtually indestructible, waterproof, and can fit virtually anything – a bunch of cameras, books, beer, or even a baby. I sent this photo to Timuk2’s “What’s in your bag” site, and they posted it today.
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My wife always makes fun of the fact that I’m like the proverbial shoemaker without shoes – I am a professional photographer who doesn’t have any photos of my own family. A few weeks ago we finally decided to fix this issue and asked my friend and amazing photographer Jenny Karlsson to photograph our family.…
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My wife Irina made this amazing Halloween costume for Daniella – she was easily the cutest kid at Zoo Boo 2012
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Daniella rocking out at the Guitar Center in Monroeville Trying on some hats…And no day is complete without a nice cup of green tea…
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Last year did not begin well for me – on January 2nd I ended up in a hospital with a collapsed lung caused by misdiagnosed pneumonia. Over the course of last year I had pneumonia 5 times. The doctors had no clear idea as to what was causing persistent lung infections and after batteries of…
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