12 Photos: Life on the Onion Route

Jaak Kikas is a professor of physics of disordered systems at the University of Tartu and a member of the board at the Science Centre AHHAA. Last Friday Professor Kikas was elected director of the UT Institute of Physics (Congratulations!).

For a physicist dealing with optics and spectroscopy, photography is, perhaps, quite a natural hobby. Still, it struck me quite recently – I have been involved more seriously only for three years now.

I shoot almost everything, yet somehow over time quite a number of photos have been originating from a region not far from Tartu on the shore of Lake Peipsi.

Geographically this is a flatland, an agricultural region, famous for its fish and onions. Its history and culture, however, are quite special – it is populated by Russian Old Believers who broke away from the Russian Orthodox Church centuries ago already. They still stick to their religion and traditions and represent a remarkable contribution to the cultural diversity of Estonia.

Lake Peipsi at Nina Village

Lake Peipsi at Nina Village. Photo by Jaak Kikas.

The catch. Perch.

The catch: perch. Photo by Jaak Kikas.

Onions. A traditional way of preserving them.

Onions. A traditional way of preserving them. Photo by Jaak Kikas.

A late harvest. Apparently left in the field for wild animals

A late harvest. Apparently left in the field for wild animals. Photo by Jaak Kikas.

Beauty is everywhere. A window in Kasepää Village.

Beauty is everywhere. A window in Kasepää Village. Photo by Jaak Kikas.

Old people of Kasepää

Old people of Kasepää. Photo by Jaak Kikas.

The light gets in

The light gets in. Photo by Jaak Kikas.

A night at Kaspää I

A night at Kasepää I. Photo by Jaak Kikas.

A night at Kasepää II.

A night at Kasepää II. Photo by Jaak Kikas.

Autumn.

Autumn. Photo by Jaak Kikas.

A winter evening.

A winter evening. Photo by Jaak Kikas.

Winter at Peipsi.

Winter at Peipsi. Photo by Jaak Kikas.

For more photos by Jaak Kikas, see his blog: “Things I almost remember”.

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