some photography

While poking around on the internet, I found this series of photographs called "One Day in Latvia". These are photographs mostly taken in the late 1980s as Latvia was gearing up and advocating for independence but still a part of the Soviet Union. What I first noticed in the photographs was their dismal nature. Everyone looked depressed as did the landscape and settings of the photos. But then I saw a hint of happiness and hope within the photos. For example, there is one where a bunch of people are smiling, and it looks as though they are getting ready for a show. There is another wonderful one where a woman and a horse are meeting heads. Even though these photographs show the effects of the Soviet occupation, the sense of hope and revolution that was in the Baltic states in the late 1980s is definitely present. I just thought this was interesting.