Local woman making her daily food purchases in Yaroslavl, Russia, kindly allows me to take her photo

Man sells fresh picked mushrooms and cranberries on the street outside the fresh market in Yaroslavl, Russia

Shopping at the fresh market in Yaroslavl, Russia. This vendor sells locally produced honey, including some still on the beehive.

Russian miniature lacquer boxes are hand made of hardened papier-mâché that have been topped with successive coats of lacquer that have been hand polished to a high sheen. The boxes are then painted in tempera, often with scenes from Russian folk art or fairy tales. These boxes, done in the Mstiora (or Mstyora) style, are … Read more