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Peter Granser

I was recently looking for other photographers who also captured amusement parks. I especially loved the work of Peter Granser about Coney Island!

© Peter Granser

© Peter Granser

© Peter Granser

 

 

Strawberries in Winter in the BJP

I am very happy to see Strawberries in Winter featured in the November issue of the BJP! Go and get a copy : )

Critical Mass Top 50

Strawberries in Winter made it into the Top 50 of Critical Mass. Am very excited!

Bogdana and Sasha

Bogdana and Sasha are getting ready for their fire show in Hidropark.

© Freya Najade

DJ

A DJ warming up for the party in one of the new beach clubs in Hidropark.

© Freya Najade

Hidropark II

We are sisters and we don’t see each other often enough! Today we are celebrating an orthodox holiday together. The restaurants are too expensive, so we brought our own food. 

© Freya Najade

© Freya Najade

Hidropark

I feel I am getting slowly squared eyes, staring at the computer and retouching pictures from my trip to Ukraine. So time for a break! And here a peek of my new project.

In the summer I went for the second time to Ukraine. I went last year for the first time for my farm project Strawberries in Winter. When being there I discovered Hidropark, which is a park for recreation on an island in the middle of the Dnieper river in Kyiv. I fell kind of in love with the park then, even though many people from Kyiv wouldn’t understand why.

The park was created during the soviet era as an entertainment complex with mainly water and sport activities for Kyivians. Today during the summer there are still thousands especially from the suburbs of Kyiv visiting. Activities, which have been emerged over the last decades range from bungee jumping over evening dances for the elderly. There is a huge gym under free sky made from car parts, there are bars, restaurants, and a fun fair. But it is especially the beaches which draw many people to Hidropark on hot summer days. Most facilities remind of bygone days and some people warn of Hidropark as a high crime area one should avoid going after dark. However, there are also new places like beach clubs for the richer ones popping up. The aim is to change by 2025 the whole infrastructure of the island to push tourism and economic development. One possible plan is to develop Hidropark into Disneyland.

Being fascinated by this place I decided to explore Hidropark’s landscape and the people visiting further, before the reconstruction on the island would start.

Below a few images, but more detail about the project and images to follow soon!

© Freya Najade

© Freya Najade

© Freya Najade

Scans from Ukraine

Felt like sharing two images from my trip to Ukraine, I have just scanned. Once I am done editing and scanning I will show and write more about it!

© Freya Najade

© Freya Najade

Interview

Last week there was an interview of me published, talking about Strawberries in Winter and photography in general.

Other than that I am currently editing the pictures I took in Ukraine. I’ll put soon some up!