This is an old shop of RAR (Rīgas autoelektroaparātu rūpnīca) - Riga autoelectromachinery factory on Klusā iela in Riga. Today the company still somehow exists, perhaps cos it belongs to Russians and works mainly for Russia, so it might be the reason why they don't need a local shop anymore.
This is a strange late 1980s/early 1990s mural on Tallinas street in Riga. It says "Riga" at the top but it's a social ad for police. It says: "in case of emergency, call..." and "install anti-theft system on your cars".
Just a plate and tatty mural - that's all what is left from culture house Draudziba (Friendship) in Sarkandaugava, Riga.
This is a tram at 6.07am this morning starting the shift from Brivibas street in Riga.
A few photos from Priekule in West Latvia. In Soviet times due to rail network and Soviet army base the town was dynamic but now there's nothing much to do there. The second and third photo is of a local hospital, the last one - cloth shop.
Floods, apartment blocks of New Belgrade, Tito's museum, flea market, cathedral of Saint Sava and other places from Belgrade in early June.
You don't see these kind of trams too often in Riga. The first one is a training tram, the second - a track sweeper.
Last Thursday about 60 people, mostly photographers and twitterists gathered in a flash-mob around the construction site Tango on Dzirnavu street in Riga. The flash-mob was my initiative to stand for photographer's rights to take photos in public without fear of being assaulted by security forces. Two days earlier I was assaulted by security guards from Ave Lat sargs company that guard the construction site, the incident was reported to local media but the statement issued by security company a day later stated that it was my own fault and I was accused on spying, while psychical assault was not mentioned at all. So I organized a flash-mob on the same spot where I had my incident. People were taking photos of everything around (of course, mostly of the construction site) for 10 minutes in order not just to raise awareness to my incident but for all photographers and people with cameras who have been assaulted. The flash-mob was covered my almost all Latvian media, such as (click on names to view more photos) Diena, NRA, Delfi, TVNet, LETA, FotOblog and many others, as well as lots of photos were circulating around Twitter under hashtag #Tango.
This shop on Eksporta street has a really strange window dressing. Most likely they are selling building tools but it looks like it is closed for renovation.
It took about a month to destroy the building on Kungu street in Old Riga. It was built in Soviet times and served as a storage hall for the main department store "Universālveikals". On the ground floor there also used to be a stationary shop. For the past 15 years the building was not used. The destruction works finished a couple of weeks ago and the area has been turned into a parking lot.
These are photos from the Victory day celebration on 9 May in Riga. In Latvia 9 May is more than just a victory celebration, it is also an expression of collective identity for local Russians. On 9 May thousands of Russians go to the park, sing and listen to war songs, greet war veterans and picnic in the park.
