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Life With a View – Ukrainian Carpathians

I got inspired by this photo album so much and I decided I have to write about it! I am talking about Tania D’Avignon’s series of pictures from , western .

Tania is known Ukrainian-American photographer; her works were published all over the world. Tania is actually sharing her life between two countries – and . She took thousands pictures of ( is a country where Tania’s roots are); she had lots of exhibitions of her photographs; she has published a book entirely of Ukrainian pictures – Simply Ukraine And this Tania’s photo album from – it’s something! I love the photographs as well as the name Tania gave to her Carpathian album – “Life with a View”.
I know what Tania is talking about, saying “Life with a View”. I am originally from and I live in now, in a nice picturesque mountains place, which remind me so much of ! In warm days I have my breakfast on a deck with amazing view – that’s what I call “Breakfast with a view”. And I see something like almost every day, directly from my deck, only in Canadian version. Well, let me take a look at Tania’s pictures again… Nope, Ukrainian version is better! So, here we go – let’s take a little tour to a life with a view in Ukrainian Carpathians, through the eyes of Tania D’Avignon: Beautiful, isn’t? Well, the roads to get to this beauty are not really attractive. This is a part of Ukrainian reality too – not the best part though, and a truthful photographer like Tania cannot have her eyes closed on it:

Despite of breathtaking views, life in Ukrainian mountains is really hard for locals, especially farming life:

Kids from the Mountains in their early age learn how to take care about horses, cows and sheep and how to work on a land. Here is a sweet little girl with a horse:
Well, hardships and farming skills from the very young age, and, let’s be honest, a dream to escape from the Mountains somewhere to a big city, where life is more easy to maintain – this is a price that locals from Carpathians pay for having these gorgeous views to themselves.
But for tourists, especially for those, who are looking for non-touristy places, who wants to see local farming and the people live, Ukrainian Carpathians is a right place to go. I am not talking about bigger cities in the Mountains, like Yaremche or Vorokhta, where picky tourist can find everything, including luxurious rooms with a spa etc. I am talking about little towns and villages in Carpathians, like Verkhovyna, Pysanyj Kamin’, and many-many other little places in the Mountains, where Tania took her pictures and where life is REAL. Life with a view…
