The Estonian summer is a great nostalgic brand, a destination on its own. But once the autumn hits, everyone leaves. Not just the migratory birds and the summer-Estonians of the world, but also those who go to school and work in our few bigger towns. They leave their country houses, put on straight faces and […]
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An image of the winter scenery in Prandi Springs in Estonia has been commended by the Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition, a prestigious international photography contest. A picture taken by Jaak Sarv in Prandi Springs, Järva county in Estonia, was “highly commended” by the international photography competition. The competition, which on its seventh year
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The Estonian nature photographer, Remo Savisaar, has won the first prize in the landscape category of the “Nature Photographer of the Year” contest organised in the Netherlands. Savisaar succeeded with the “Early morning bog” – an image taken in one of the country’s bogs in June 2016, when the photographer was introducing his British colleague
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A young Estonian photographer, Evalotta Zacek, has become a finalist in the Natural History Museum’s prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition with a photo of an Estonian hedgehog. Zacek became a finalist in the competition’s “10 Years and Under” category with her picture of a hedgehog crossing the road in Estonia. According to the
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Thousands of Estonians of the worldwide diaspora are flocking towards their tiny home between the Baltic Sea and Lake Peipus every summer. More locally, those living in the cities and towns move to villages and summer houses – almost like a great seasonal migration between the summer and winter pastures. Estonia lies so far north that
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The fog cuts the sight short – and substitutes it with imagination. This way, mist expands the space around us, forces our minds to construct objects and narratives beyond the milky and soft, opaque air. Sometimes, the rain and tusk do the job as well. Estonia has a fair share of foggy, rainy and grey weather,
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The feeling that the day is ours, whereas the darkness of the night belongs to someone else. We are strangers in those realms. Yet the lack of light is almost constant in the late autumn and early winter for those confined to the office space during the short hours of daylight. Here’s a set of
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Estonians cherish their beautiful summer, long sunny days and short fairy-tale nights. In return, most of us are inversely aching about the rest of the year – the dim, wet and somber days of fog and darkness. Then again, the bad weather is as beautiful as those sunny summer days if you only care to
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Estonia is full of talented people. They are everywhere, and photography isn’t an exception. There are some common photographers and, at the same time, there are those who want to distinct, want to think and do their own thing – be outside the box. Always eager to highlight new talent, we’ll try to sum up
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Birgit Püve is an Estonian photographer whose work has been shown around the world. A former journalist and editor, Püve’s work focuses on memory and identity. In 2014 she received the third prize at The Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize 2014 at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Estonian World spoke to Püve about her work and what it’s like to be a photographer in Estonia.
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