4 articles tagged with irkutsk
The morning light filters through intricate wooden latticework, casting geometric shadows across my notebook as I sit in a 19th-century courtyard in Irkutsk. The air carries the scent of cedar and the distant aroma of freshly baked bread. Having documented...
The rhythm of my running shoes hitting Toronto's pavement couldn't be further from the crisp Siberian air that filled my lungs last summer in Irkutsk. There's something about cities with deep imperial histories that makes my marathon-trained legs itch to...
There's something profoundly transformative about standing on a metre of solid ice, knowing there's over a kilometre of water beneath your feet. The crystalline silence of Lake Baikal in winter – broken only by the occasional otherworldly groan of shifting...
The rhythmic clacking of steel wheels against rails has always reminded me of cricket balls hitting bats in succession—a comforting percussion marking the passage of time and distance. As someone who's spent decades documenting sporting traditions across continents, I've developed...