Black Sea Frames Gallery

The marine station and Hotel Odesa in 2013, before the latter was destroyed by a Russian rocket in 2024.

After hours on muddy mountain paths in the Kaçkars, we stopped for tea in a deserted valley with seasonal cottages. The owner of the cafe grabbed a large fishing net and I followed him out back to a small cement pool filled with trout. Strangely, he…

Photograph of concrete stairs to the Black Sea just west of Novorossiisk.

A crowded beach and a lifeguard's chair on a partially summer cloudy day in Constanța, Romania.

From the photographer: "When you tell Georgians that you are traveling to Batumi, most, if not all, recommend that you spend at least a day at the Batumi Botanical Garden. On my last day in the city in summer 2024, I made sure to do so. This was the…