It Used To Be …
I am working on putting together a new series of images, tentatively titled "It used to be ..."
These are scenes from my hometown in Svishtov, Bulgaria. The photos were taken many years after my childhood, specifically on my last trip to Svishtov, in 2008. That visit was prompted by the impending death of my grandfather; he passed away several days after I arrived.
I used to play on these grounds ...
I used to walk this street to my cousins' house ...
I used to walk this street to my cousins' house ...
I used to walk this alley outside my grandparents' house ...
I used to speak with our neighbour ...
I used to visit this house ...
I used to dive off this ramp ...
I used to go to this car wash with my dad ...
I used to meander down this unknown street ...
I used to go to this car wash garage with my dad ...
I used to visit family at this beautiful house ...
I used to run past this gate ...
I used to sit inside at that window at my grandparents' house ...
I used to play with stray cats ...
I used to watch soccer games at this stadium ...
I used to read such death notices ...
I used to play in this yard at my grandparents' house ...
I used to pass by such spaces at the outskirts of town ...
I used to change in this public change room ...
I used to sit on these plank seats and watch soccer games with my dad ...
I used to change in this public change room ...
I used to change in this public change room ...
I used to swim in this pool ...
I used to walk these steps to soccer games with my dad ...
I used to visit this graveyard ...
I used to change in this public change room ...
I used to pass by this walled off house, wondering who was inside ...
I used to pass by this walled off house, wondering who was inside ...
I used to read these death notices ...
I used to pass by these fields ...
I used to say hello to elderly men, sitting like this ...
I used to pass by these kinds of strictly utilitarian spaces ...
I used to visit family in this house ...
I used to wonder what these structures did at these farms ...
I used to go to this carwash with my dad ...
I used to dive off this board ...
I used to dive off this scary board, and so learned about courage ...
I used to travel in buses like these ...
I used to spend winter vacations on this mountain ...
I used to visit this bank with my mother ...
I used to shop at this store ...
I used to sit on these steps, outside my parents' apartment ...
I used to walk down this street from my grandparents' house ...
I used to be afraid of stray dogs ...
I used to play on these grounds ...
I used to pass through these fields ...
I used to love watching farmers pass by with their donkeys and carts ...
I used to sit on these steps, outside my parents' apartment ...
I used to pass by these trees ...
I used to sit under trees like these ...
I used to admire this monument ...
I used to love watching tractors at work ...
I used to watch people tend their gardens ...
I used to know the pungent smell as I passed by these fields ...
I used to sit on this balcony at our home apartment ...
I used to talk to the farmers sometimes ...
I used to know the feel of this air ...
I used to learn how to swim in this pool ...
I used to play with stray cats ...
I used to visit this hospital ...