View from the Independence square in Minsk overlooking the Red Church (Church of Saints Simon and Alena). May 2012
Unemployed residents of Minsk harvest beetroots for $ 3 a day at the farm "Piatrovichy", which is 30 kilometres away from Minsk.
Collecting cranberries in industrial scope, village Sialishcha, the Pinsk region, Belarus. 20 October 2011
Rape cranberries. Village Sialishcha, the Pinsk region, Belarus. 20 October 2011
Cleaning the last snow in Minsk city centre. Spring is coming. 2 April 2012
View from the photographer's window, Serebrianka district, Minsk. Summer afternoon. 15 June 2012
A beekeeper with 15 years-long experience collects the last honey from the honeycomb in the woods near the village of Kulniova.
A boy covered his ears, waiting for a freight train to pass to continue his trip. Railway Station in Biaroza. 1 September 2012.
Human rights activist Ales Bialiatski is waiting for the beginning of the trial and announcement of his sentence. 24 November 2011
Village Sporava. 30 August 2012
Palace of the Radziwiłł family in Niasvizh. 28 May 2012
Belarus men and women celebrate Kupallie (Ivana Kupala night).
Kalyada celebration in Tiakhtin village, located 40 kilometers from Homiel.
Belarusian Orthodox church priest blesses and sprinkles with holy water graves and relatives of the dead who gathered to celebrate «Radunitsa» («Day of Rejoicing») on the village's cemetery.
A woman puts her ballot in the ballot box at a polling station during parliamentary election in a Belarusian village 40 km north of Minsk.
Hands of a fisherman from Sporava. 30 August 2012
Mazyr river port "Pkhow", preparation for the end of the navigation season of 2011.
Flying crane, Village Usialyub, Navahrudak district. 1 May 2012
Village Sporava is located about 200 km away from Minsk. It has become a popular attraction for fishermen of all kinds.
View on the castle hill and castle ruins, Navahrudak (the first capital of teh Great Duchy of Lithuania). December 2011
Kalvaryja cemetery, Minsk. February 2012
An elderly woman crossing the road in front of a festive procession at the festival in the Belarusian town of Niasvizh.
The ruins of the Shield Tower, Navagrudak. May 2011
Kalyada celebration in village Tiakhtin. 13 January 2012.
A man in a suburban electric train “Minsk-Zhodzina”. 4 April 2012
A man waiting for his tram early in the morning, Minsk. 23 November 2012
An employee of Stankava forestry (about 50 kilometres from Minsk) harvests young fir-trees in a special nature reserve.
![](https://odb-office.eu/files/img-gallery/001-Balay.jpg "Unemployed residents of Minsk harvest beetroots for $ 3 a day at the farm "Piatrovichy", which is 30 kilometres away from Minsk.")
![](https://odb-office.eu/files/img-gallery/019-Balay.jpg "Mazyr river port "Pkhow", preparation for the end of the navigation season of 2011.")
