American rust belt metropolises are urban nebulae of sorts. The city cores grew and expanded furiously in the 19th and early 20th centuries, fed by the heavy industries of the time. But just as stars run out of fuel, so too steel, mining, and manufacturing left these cities. In the span of a generation, population … Continue reading Crooked River County
Here’s a few more pictures of Tbilisi which I didn’t quite have ready when I began posting this series. To begin with, there’s the Friendship Bridge. In an ancient city like this, a big splash of post-modernism was bound to be polarizing. Some complain that it looks too much like a woman’s sanitary pad. Though … Continue reading Tbilisi, Coda
Some of these were destinations in and of themselves, others were just places that grabbed my attention while driving around the Georgian countryside. As a kid, I lived in Poland for a couple years in the 80’s. I didn’t appreciate it at the time, but I got the rare privilege(?) of experiencing the Kafkaesque wonders … Continue reading Out and About
A winding road takes you up a green mountain. A colorful signpost, left over from Soviet times, announces your arrival in Signagi (alternately spelled Sighnaghi). This strategic spot has been settled since paleolithic times, but the town as it appears today dates only to the turn of the 18th century when king Heraklius II built … Continue reading The Hilltop Town of Signagi
One thing that sealed the deal for me about visiting the country of Georgia was this mountaintop church overlooking the town of Stepantsminda. It is roughly a three hour drive north of Tbilisi on the Georgia Military Road, about ten kilometers shy of the Russian border. I tend to be drawn, photographically speaking, to the … Continue reading Gergeti Trinity Church
I fear I’m overplaying my hand. Technical capabilities are not the same as artistry, and in my case I think the former is running out ahead of the latter. What this translates to, in layman’s terms, is that I have a ton of photos from this trip to Georgia that look good; that is, they … Continue reading The Churches of Georgia
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