Mercy steps
Gnade Schritte
From the "Walking through the yards of Dovlatov" series.
Yards in the historical center of St. Petersburg are usually connected by arched passages and resemble the wells formed by the walls of buildings.
Russian journalist and writer Sergey Dovlatov is one of the most popular Russian writers around the world. He lived in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) for a total of 33 years on Rubinstein Street, in houses number 23 and 22. He regularly walked around the courtyards connecting Rubinstein Street and the Fontanka River embankment.
The author of the photo offered here has made this journey twice, at different times, and as a result, this series has developed.
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Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov-Mechik (September 3, 1941 in Ufa, RSFSR, USSR – August 24, 1990 in New York City) was a Russian journalist and writer of Armenian origin. Internationally, he is one of the most popular Russian writers of the late 20th century.
1944 - 1972, 1975 -1978 he lived in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Rubinstein Street, 23 and 22, respectively.
Sergei Dovlatov published twelve books in the United States and Europe during his twelve years as an immigrant. In the USSR, the writer was known from underground publication Samizdat and broadcasting organization Radio Liberty Channel since his works were not published in the Soviet Union. After his death and the beginning of Perestroika as a turning point in the Russian history, numerous collections of his short stories were also published in Russia.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Dovlatov.
Ana Arnau 5. September 2023, 10:24
Excelente escena. Emotiva. LGibiART 3. Januar 2020, 23:26
Touching!!!Francisco José Chapela Posse 17. Dezember 2019, 22:07
Precioso el motivo, buena toma. ¡¡¡BobMac 14. November 2019, 16:15
Grand casual street captureBest regards BoB
noblog 22. August 2019, 22:42
sehr schöne SzeneLG Norbert
Ram Ramkumar 14. Januar 2019, 4:22
Lovely shot! There is a story to be told!alexander stefanatos 11. November 2018, 11:34
Great shot ,my friend Sergey. The look of the guy sitting on the bench adds a lot!!Doviatov-Mechik is well known of course....
friendly alexander
Astrée 23. Oktober 2018, 21:11
I love that scene and photo!Hans-Günther Schöner 18. April 2018, 7:38
***** !!!!!!!!Gruß Hans-Günther
Berthold Klammer 6. April 2018, 17:48
You captured an excellent story and achieved a fine composition. This image is worth to be postprocessed to enhance this great content. (Perhaps B&W with vignettes or darkening) Great shot! regards Bertholdlolita cecilia 8. März 2018, 0:03
Magnífico el momento captado*****!!!Bellísima luz, gran definición y excelentes colores en esta fantástica imagen*****!!!
Bravo...!!!
Saludos.
Lola
patrick hyrailles 1. März 2018, 6:49
beau cliché bravoMirjam Burer 28. Februar 2018, 11:03
moving scene, fine capture dear Sergey...hugs, liefs, Mirjam
Adriana Prieto 27. Februar 2018, 21:04
Sergey, me parece genial que continúes con la serie "Strolling along the courtyards of Dovlatov" así conocemos rincones ineditos, a través de tu mirada.... Esta imagen me parece genial. La anciana con sus muletas, dando de comer a las palomas... toda concentrada y el señor que la mira un tanto enigmáticamente. Un abrazo.Emma M. 25. Februar 2018, 13:14
Une photo, qui touche profondement ! C'est de l'ART et c'est La Photographie !!! Mes compliments !!!bises