Some informal shots taken during an afternoon with friends at their family home, just outside the village of Zamask, central Istria, Croatia. Milka Sculac Sennett with her father Ivan Sculac Ivan Sculac Davorka Sculac making cakes for a Confirmation Homemade wine Marta (L) and my daughter Tamara (R) Sculac Sennett family portrait Photos © Rudolf …
The small town of Pazin in central Istria, Croatia, is probably best known for its castle (kastel) and steep gorge with a sinkhole at the bottom (Pazinska jama, the ‘Pazin Abyss’) – both of which which feature in Jules Verne’s novel Mathias Sandorf, published in 1885. Though ‘best known’ is something of a relative description: …
Lisa Lottie (www.lisalottie.com), hula hoop artist from the Netherlands, performing during the 16th International Street Festival, Cest is d’Best (www.cestisdbest.com), in Zagreb, Croatia This performance took place in Cvjetni trg (the Flower Square) – one of my favourite spots in Zagreb, where over the years I have whiled away many-an-hour drinking coffee and watching the …
More shots from Rijeka, Croatia, taken while working on a new guidebook for Bradt. Sculpture outside the City Museum (Muzej Grada Rijeke) Mural showing Croatian sculptor Antun Augustincic’s sculpture ‘Vjesnica Mira’ being loaded onto a ship at Rijeka in 1954, before being taken to New York where it now stands in front of the UN …
Local Capoeira group Udruga Capoeira Rijeka (www.capoeira-rijeka.com) performing in the Korzo, the main pedestrian street in Rijeka, Croatia. (Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian artform combining elements of dance, martial arts, acrobatics and music.) Photos © Rudolf Abraham. No unauthorized use.