Kieran Turner's photos with the keyword: chernigov

Sasha, Tanya, Sergei at home in Chernigov. Pentax ME-Super, 50mm, no flash.

Enormous anti-capitalist and anti-drug graffiti under the footbridge across the Desna in Chernihiv, Ukraine, where we're working with the Our Generation youth group supporting Chernobyl victims and promoting AIDS awareness through their physical theatre project. www.aidconvoy.net

(in bits) Seen at a car auction near Chernihiv in Ukraine - where I work on a humanitarian aid project supporting the victims of Chernobyl - www.aidconvoy.net Taken with a Pentax ME-Super on Agfa 200 (probably — from memory.)

Children from a really happy "experimental" school in Chernihiv, Ukraine. We support these kind of places; www.aidconvoy.net Taken with a Pentax ME-Super on Ilford XP2 (probably — from memory.)

Archive photo (not from 2005 festival) — Zhenya and friend, as the group "Trim". Constitution Day celebrations in central Chernigov.

Brian painted a fantastic mural at the Aratta community centre in Chernihiv, Ukraine. It's based on a horse from the antique Carousel on Brighton seafront. After we'd finished and gone home, a local art teacher encouraged children to continue the theme around the other three walls of the room. The result blends perfectly and has made a grey room into an incredibly colourful, fun place. We support the centre, which runs many projects to help the victims of Chernobyl, in Ukraine. Find out about it, and support us at www.aidconvoy.net Taken with a Pentax ME-Super on Agfa 200 without flash — probably (film type from memory.)

At the Aratta community centre, Ukraine. www.aidconvoy.net Pentax ME-Super, 50mm, no flash, very yellow lighting... is all I remember.

(Taken by Tonia) The Chernigov fountain. I was a bit aghast (along with the local population) when the famous and popular fountain made of giant frogs was done away with a few years ago. But now the city has really gone to town with things to boost and support the community. As well as the "old people's dancing" - waltzing around the town square of an afternoon - and the open-air karaoke, there was this: a new fountain with amazingly powerful jets, coordinated extremely tightly to a variety of musical pieces put out over a PA, all in time and mood with a series of coloured lights in the water. This must be the latest fashion in the CIS for a week or two later we found almost exactly the same thing in Bishkek, Kyrgystan. It was 11 o'clock at night and yet there were lots of families out enjoying the warm summer's evenings, and kids playing delightedly - and safely - amidst the splashes of water and feel of community.

(Taken by Tonia)

(Taken by Tonia) The Chernigov fountain. I was a bit aghast (along with the local population) when the famous and popular fountain made of giant frogs was done away with a few years ago. But now the city has really gone to town with things to boost and support the community. As well as the "old people's dancing" - waltzing around the town square of an afternoon - and the open-air karaoke, there was this: a new fountain with amazingly powerful jets, coordinated extremely tightly to a variety of musical pieces put out over a PA, all in time and mood with a series of coloured lights in the water. This must be the latest fashion in the CIS for a week or two later we found almost exactly the same thing in Bishkek, Kyrgystan. It was 11 o'clock at night and yet there were lots of families out enjoying the warm summer's evenings, and kids playing delightedly - and safely - amidst the splashes of water and feel of community.

This one was taken by Tonia but it's in here because I like the way she caught this smile.

This is Radion, who has wonderful antique bagpipes from Germany, Spain, and Latvia. He is trying to establish a project to teach the playing of these pipes and the cultures of the countries from which they come, across Chernihiv and Ukraine. He's Tonia's (and thus Aid Convoy's) latest little side project! ;) Needless to say, John is going to try to get him some Irish pipes, and I some Scottish! It was particularly lovely to meet him in the park where he had been awaiting us, just playing his pipes to passing Saturday wedding parties. He'd chosen a spot with a lovely piece of raised ground under a tree which served as a seat for us. Later he played a little in the underground church-in-the-caves. That was truly amazing — I can't imagine how long it's been since that place heard music. He's very musical, loves even talking about it, and sings a little too.

This one was taken by Tonia but it's in here to show how Radion carefully chose a spot in the park where we'd have a good seat! ;)

(This one was taken by Tonia's mum but it's in here to help tell the story...) John's car couldn't be taken into Russia after the departure of his team-mate, so we donated it for use by an orphanage, with help of my friends here, in Chernihiv, near Chernobyl, Ukraine. There are some ongoing customs issues, but the key thing to know is that our cars in Ukraine don't count as cars for customs purposes — they are "sports inventory", and this means it's not a problem to leave them there. Only wish that we, the Adventurists, or the Irish embassy had been able to extract this info from the Ukrainian customs a little quicker.

(This one was taken by Tonia but it's in here to help tell the story...)