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The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

July 8, 2018July 29, 2018Posted in The 2018 World CupTagged argentina, art, brazil, celebration, colombia, culture, dancing, egypt, england, fans, football, france, inspiration, marocco, mexico, moscow, music, nigeria, nikond610, nikonphotography, panama, peru, photography, portugal, reportage, russia, saudiarabia, senegal, streets, sweden, unity, worldcup, zabivakaLeave a comment

The 2018 FIFA World Cup is taking place in 11 Russian cities this year. Football fans and tourists traveled to Russian cities from all over the world to see their teams, matches and simply enjoy this great atmosphere. The atmosphere is unbelievably friendly. I think even if a person isn’t interested in football at all, he/she will enjoy those World Cup vibes of unity that can be felt by everyone. It’s a very pleasant feeling to see almost all nations together singing and dancing in the streets finally having forgot about politics and wars.

Zabivaka (Russian: Goalscorer) is the official mascot of the World Cup. It represents a very cute wolf which became very popular among football fans.

People are literally dancing and singing everywhere in the streets (even in fountains). You can hear so many different tunes, national songs of every country etc. I’m definitely going to miss that!

There were many unusual ways of traveling to Russia. For example, Iceland fans arrived to Russia in a Lada Niva (Russian car which they won in lottery in Iceland). Fan from Germany and his cute dog came to Russia in a tractor. But the most amazing story is connected with Argentinian cyclist Maty Amaya who left home in 2012 and since then has been traveling by bicycle for 5 years, crossed 37 countries and 80000 km. And finally he is in Moscow, enjoying World Cup. I don’t usually take pictures of myself because I prefer being on the other side of the camera. But I couldn’t resist temptation of having a picture with him 😊

The World Cup is not only about football. It’s also about unity, understanding different culture and getting new experience. For example, there was a Mexican festival which showed their beautiful culture and traditions including Day of the Dead celebrations. Mexican House attracts thousands of visitors from all corners of the planet everyday.

Peru House located in the Manege Moscow exhibition centre showcased the best of the country, highlighted the South American nation’s culture including Shaman rituals, art, gastronomy top tourism destinations and leading exports.

Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup and introduced their culture and traditions in Moscow.

FIFA World Football Museum hosted several exhibitions in Moscow. By the way, ball on the 1st picture was used in final match between France 🇫🇷 and Croatia 🇭🇷 in Moscow.⚽️

And this picture is probably one of my favorite ones. It shows the real meaning of such events as World Cup.

Moscow Light Festival

October 3, 2017October 3, 2017Posted in festival, moscowTagged art, circleoflight, fireworks, inspiration, light, lightshow, moscow, music, nikond610, photography1 Comment

Moscow Light Festival, amazing show with beautiful Japanese fireworks and fireworks from Ostankino TV and radio tower accompanied by great music!

This is also a firework even if it does not look like it, kind of psychedelic 🙂

Colorful fields in Russia

September 20, 2017February 24, 2019Posted in TravelsTagged field, inspiration, nature, nikond610, photography, russia, TravelsLeave a comment

Buddy Guy’s Birthday Bash at Legends

August 5, 2017August 5, 2017Posted in Music PhotographyTagged birthday, blues, buddyguy, buddyguyslegends, chicago, concert, inspiration, legends, martysammon, music, musicphotography, nikond610, photography, quinnsullivan, toronzocannon, usaLeave a comment

Buddy Guy’s Birthday Bash was a really great sold out event which took place at Buddy’s club in Chicago.
The Legend turned 81 young, but he is still touring all year, traveling all over the world, recording new music and his live performances are the greatest I have ever seen.
When Buddy is around, the place is filled with smiles, happiness and great vibes!

Many great musicians were playing that night, Marty Sammon and his band played an amazing show, everyone at the club absolutely enjoyed it, actually Marty was playing pretty much the whole night, filling the venue with real blues!
The rising star Quinn Sullivan was jamming with great guitarist Carmen Venderberg.

Then another young and super talented guitar player Leilani Kilgore appeared on stage with Earl Slick.

Jamiah Rodgers took the stage with a solo performance. It was really amazing to be surrounded by so many talented musicians, who absolutely enjoy what they are doing.

The show was continued by the two absolutely great musicians Toronzo Cannon and Kate Moss.

Gary Clark Jr. came to Chicago to celebrate Buddy’s Birthday too but unfortunately he didn’t play that night.
Buddy usually doesn’t play during his Birthday celebrations but this time he appeared on stage. The audience immediately began to dance and sing along!
Overall it was an awesome night of Blues! Buddy is still keeping blues alive, he is an inspiration to so many great musicians!

Jimi Hendrix’s former London flat

July 25, 2017July 25, 2017Posted in Music Photography, TravelsTagged bedroom, exhibition, inspiration, jimihendrix, london, museum, music, nikond610, photography, Travels, uk, vinylLeave a comment

Jimi Hendrix lived at this flat on the upper floors of 23 Brook Street while he was staying in London in 1968-69. Now it is opened as a museum. The bedroom was decorated by Jimi in his own style including curtains, ornaments and many other things. It took me quite a lot of time to notice all the small details that make this flat look really specific. Another room at the museum has a wall of album covers, and an index of the music played on the Bang & Olufsen turntable.