Congratulation on being featured. It is such an interesting album. I love traveling myself, and I love to see how people are living. You really managed to capture the real life. Tirza from Los Angeles

said tirza_h 2005.06.06 at 01:56:32 PDT

At last Webshots is growing into the world! It's such a joy when we can see directly in the showcase beautiful workups like this. Hope not to be misunderstood: of course I love refined images and elegant subjects of the conventional photogrphy (I neither am good at getting that :-), but I consider myself immensely lucky when in this community a friend brings the life and the smiles of people so far from the way of living in nowadays culture, too often ruled on commercially defined schemes. Thank you Vera! Welcome and keep on enriching this site with your passionate job. Ale :-) from Italy

said carioni 2005.06.06 at 01:11:27 PDT

A beautiful album of a beautiful and proud race of people. So nice to see this as a feature and I congratulate you warmly. Peter in Western Australia

said georgieboy98 2005.06.06 at 00:59:56 PDT

Hi Vera, Congratulations on this wonderful collection of photo's from the Ukraine, I am a country boy myself so know the values of living in a small village. These are scenes sadly dissappearing in our modern world. I have immensely enjoyed my visit tho the Ukraine, enjoy your day it is well deserved Ken from England

said hircock100 2005.06.06 at 00:40:07 PDT

Hello Vera, thank you so much for this fascinating documentary of life in the Ukraine. The humanity in your photos reaches out to me, and gives me joy and hope. This is a well deserved feature, congratulations. Greetings from Keith in Sydney.

said magikeith 2005.06.06 at 00:38:34 PDT

Hello. CONGRATULATIONS to you on this very well deserved feature. You have shared with us all some really amazing and remarkable photos and I thank you very much. Your photos are wonderful. I loved them all. You have captured the charm and character of the Ukraine village life so very well. What a contrast their life style is to ours.... I am especially fond of shot #58, 'Andrij with Aunt Halia'. It is a wonderful heart warming photo. Thank you once more. Hope you enjoy your day in the 'spotlight', you deserve it. Best wishes, Jayne/West Midlands, UK :) xx

said hjaynefoster 2005.06.06 at 00:32:53 PDT

Congratulations with your feature! Enjoyed looking at your Ukrain photos. Enjoy your day of fame. Greetings Anna Oldenhave

said annaoldenhave 2005.06.06 at 00:23:25 PDT

Hi Vera, Congratulations on being featured on your great day. Your photos are wonderful. Thanks for sharing, and have agreat day. Best wishes. Ray and Eileen. (UK)

said viking153 2005.06.06 at 00:23:06 PDT

Hi, Congratulations on your featured album, your photos are super. Thank you for sharing, Merci bien. Luc, Montreal, Canada

said maxeclip 2005.06.06 at 00:19:42 PDT

These are wonderful photographs. I especially like " Mariyka in her Petryliv home." Well done.

said lizardjimi 2005.05.11 at 13:15:56 PDT

extremly good gallery. I am so amazed. I still can't believe. The pictures are so full with some hidden story. Great congragulations

said zarkokrneta 2005.05.06 at 16:24:02 PDT

Hello my dear Friend. This album is fantastic. You have catch the atmosphere of an admirable way. All those images remember the poverty to me of my childhood (50 years ago), but at the same time all the human dignity. I have been myself reflected in many of its images. Thanks to share a so wonderful news article.Also thanks for signing in my guest book. You are very kind. Bes regard from Spain. Jesus

said raijomayo100 2005.05.02 at 01:55:08 PDT

I can't say it any better than Alan did below ~ the beauty of people living a simple and WONDERFUL life ~ how BLESSED you are. It is time for me to prepare supper in my 'well-equipped' kitchen and I'm sure it won't be any tastier or more healthy than bread and 'pig fat', which, by the way, we ate when visiting an Alm on an Alp in Austria also. My initial repulsion was quickly erased when I ate some. What lessons we Americans need to learn. God bless you. Judy aka L@dybug / FL

said ladybug591 2005.04.27 at 14:29:29 PDT

I just love this. You are capturing everyday life in the Ukraine and it's stunning to view. This is a simple life that has long passed many of us here in the U.S., unfortunately. I know it's not an easy life, but it just seems closer to what life should be than what it actually is in most places. Beautiful people and beautiful photos of beautiful places. Alan (Connecticut, USA)

said alanweb 2005.04.27 at 05:34:02 PDT

Hello again, This is also a stunning album! You are a skillful photographer. You have such a great sense at taking people's photos. Not to mention the colours. Keep up the good work, Yan/Ottawa

said zegale 2005.04.27 at 02:13:33 PDT

Your pictures are of an extreme beauty because they express your love of live, of nature and especially of the people. I also like the way you seduce the light. While whatching your pictures I get a glimpse of what life means and feel tears in my eyes. Thank you very much!

said vassil111 2005.04.17 at 19:27:00 PDT

We live in such ignorance of people in the forgotten lands of the world. Your pictures were wonderful and enlightening. Thank you sincerely...from small town in Scotland.

said chazpix 2005.04.09 at 16:52:53 PDT

Vera, Yours is still one of my favorite albums to return to, and I love the new photos you have added. Do you know the significance of the church being painted blue? In Poland, sometimes houses are painted blue but I have never seen a church that color. Thanks for your comments on my quilt album! Nancy

said nancyjmblake 2005.03.01 at 05:53:51 PST

Hi Vera, thanks for visiting my Yellowstone album. I'm looking at your Ukraine pictures, the ones in the countryside, and I have the eerie feeling that I've seen these people, their interiors look so familiar! Of course, they are so much like the ones I revisited in Romania. You are a great portrait artist, and I love these two albums of Ukraine. I'm amazed by the clarity of the light and the feeling of "being right there" - like the views of Maryika's room, Noona cooking pyrogies, Natalia in the Doorway (what a contrast between young and old!), Millia cutting bread (the bright light through the widow and the large bottle), Widower's Kitchen with Doll. And for documentary work, Old Couple in the Doorway of their Tiled House (a sort of "Ukrainian Gothic" reminding me of the painting "American Gothic" by Grant Wood), and the Fish Vendors are works of art. Do you have an arts background? If you do, it sure shows. Have you considered an exhibition? I think you should! Ina in Canada

said inicolae 2005.02.11 at 18:38:05 PST

Poka, Thankyou for these truely interesting and sometimes intimate pictures. Spasibo, horosho!! Poka Stewart

said stewart2222 2005.01.27 at 08:12:59 PST

This is a geat shot! Where was it taken? -Andy http://community.webshots.com/user/luzsa2004

said luzsa2004 2004.12.19 at 16:07:20 PST

Congratulations!! Great albums some really good shots. Thanks for sharing,Bernard from New Zealand

said spraggbh 2004.11.11 at 23:37:18 PST

These are amazing photographs, I am glad I found them. I have had to come back several times to look at them, they are very compelling. Nancy

said nancyjmblake 2004.09.14 at 18:22:50 PDT

I have enjoyed these photos very much. I hope that you will continue to post new photos often. My email is culnip-brek@yahoo.com if you want to write to me or send photos. I am a mariner, sailing in Asia. http://community.webshots.com/user/puddlewalker Jesse

said puddlewalker 2004.09.07 at 12:41:18 PDT