Showing posts with label Albania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Albania. Show all posts

Friday, August 10, 2012

Grafitti & wall slogans in Albania:)

 (c) Eni Turkeshi Imagery

This picture taken in Llogora , was a tremendous wall with awesome slogans;)

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Light magic

all images :© Eni Turkeshi Photography

A friend of mine asked me to post something new so here i am.
I`m very short of words nowadays, so my easiest and best escape is to express myself with photos.
The story of this post is again regarded to the magic of light.
A month ago when i took this photos , i was mesmerized by light in some of Tirana`s old streets.

And thought to share this with you since i miss Tirana ;) hope you enjoy;)


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Thursday, May 07, 2009

Catch the rainbow

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© Eni Turkeshi Photography

After a long period of rainy days , last day i stumbled upon a marvelous rainbow in Tirana. It was really amazing at least for me since i have not experienced many of them.

And i can definitely say that ,up to know except for the rainbow i had seen in Bosphorus ,Istanbul this was the most amazing one ;)
It looked like it was dividing the city ;)

I had never seen a rainbow looking so close to the city and so down to earth ;)
I wanted to share this genuine moment with you ;)
Enjoy the lovely rainbow of Tirana!

ps : you might want to listen to this while watching the photo ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKH8WzyIBq8&feature=related

Monday, March 30, 2009

Tirana Diaries

© Eni Turkeshi Photography



This is a new project i`ve started.I will try to bring here pieces from Tirana`s everyday life.
Hope you`ll enjoy.

Monday, January 05, 2009

Largim nga zhurma e jetes...

© Eni Turkeshi Photography

Buke, kripe dhe zemer.

Kjo ka qene motoja e familjeve shqiptare edhe ne kohet me te veshtira te egzistences se saj.
Mendoj se ka qene kjo qe i ka afruar njerezit me njeri-tjetrin e i ka ndihmuar te perballojne kohet e veshtira qe kane kaluar.

Edhe sot e kesaj dite vazhdon.Mikpritja shqiptare eshte mjaft e mirenjohur ne mbare boten.
Veçse sot ka marre edhe dimensione disi me praktike do thoja.
Dhe kufijte e saj jane zgjatur deri tek..... kafenete:)

Ne ditet e sotme me shume se kurre miqte "buajne" tek njeri tjetri per nje kafe,si brenda dhe jashte:) Besoj se e keni vene re te tere se ndertesat me te populluara dhe "zena" me pune jane kafenete !

Sado qe si fenomen te kujton keqazi "Starbucks" amerikan , shqiptaret sigurisht qe nuk e kane perjetuar krejtesisht me ate prakticitet dhe sens "fast foodi" .
Kafeja dhe rituali i pirjes se saj e shoqeruar me leximin e gazetes, bisedave te zjarrta politike me grupin e shoqerise afer, apo thjesht biseda apo ripertypje te ngjarjeve te rendesishme e te perditshme, ndonjehere me thashetheme mes miqsh, ndonjehere shikime falli... etj etj..

Cilado qofte arsyeja ; kafeja ne çfare do forme qofte (madje edhe simbolike se nuk ulemi perhere dikur per te pire kafe:) , eshte nje arsye e shkeputjes , mbase dhe shmangje e njerezve nga zhurma dhe stresi i jetes.Sikur dhe per disa momente.

Dhe shqiptaret ja arrijne perhere kesaj:) Thelle , thelle mendoj se populli yne nuk eshte dhe aq i palumtur.Duke filluar qe nga pensionisti dhe deri tek te rinjte , çdokush e ka nje "qoshe" te veten te largimit nga kaosi urban.
Te pakten ne shqiptaret ja njohim vetes kete luks dhe kohe.Mbase shume here kjo kohe tejkalohet dhe egzagjerohet , e megjithate serish mendoj se eshte nje zgjedhje me e mire se stresimi i vazhdueshem qe perjetohet ne shume shoqeri te tjera shume me te zhvilluara.
Sigurisht çdo gje me karar , por edhe te heqim dore per fare nga tere lezetet e vogla te jetes nuk me duket me shume e shendetshme!

Ju uroj nje vit te mbare me sa me shume suksese ne çdo fushe , pa harruar ti thoni ndonjehere stop stresit dhe te kujtoni e vleresoni , rendesine e bashkebisedimit dhe komunikimit me njerezit;)


Thursday, October 23, 2008

Rruga me gropa e kinematografise shqiptare

Po lexoja kete shkrim te Xhaxhait dhe disa nga argumentet qe kishte sjelle aty dhe mendova te shtoja dhe une opinionin tim rreth arsyeve qe shkaktojne kete "ngecje" te filmit shqiptar sipas vezhgimeve te mia.

1.Skenaret e filmave shqiptare nuk eshte se jane te keqija por disa here ka disa sforcime per te paraqitur me doemos diçka te larte nga niveli artistik.Duket sikur te tere jane ne gare per kete.Ne shumicen e filmave te vitete te fundit mund te veresh atmosferen,ngjyrat dhe xhirimet qe jane pak a shume te ngjashme me njera tjetren.Deri ketu çdo gje ne rregull.Problemi eshte mendoj une se synimet per kete nivel artistik apo per shprehine e nje ideje vijne shume ere e huaj.Ne shume prej tyre une se paku ndjej manine per te ndjekur verbtazi tematiken dhe stilin e filmave te pavarur Evropiane.

Kjo eshte sa pozitive dhe negative.Eshte pozitive sepse marrin persiper ti paraqesin dhe perçojne publikut nje kinema te mirefillte ,duke harruar sencacionet qe perdoren syresh ne shume filma qe jane shume popullore dhe "grijne" leke ne kinema dhe duke marre parasysh kesisoj nje perfitim te vogel.Kjo eshte vertet nje sipermarrje e guximshme duke patur parasysh suksesin e vogel ekonomik qe kane filmat artistike ne tere boten.

Ana negative , sipas mendimit tim eshte se ne perpjekje te asimilimit me stilin e sukseshem dhe poetik te filmave te pavarur,artistike Evropiane , shihen shpesh klonime jo fort te kendshme te tyre.Nuk me vjen fare mire qe e pohoj kete.Me vjen shume keq teksa shoh sesi edhe shume elemente kulturore apo tradicionale qe i japin nje tjeter ngjyre dhe realizojne bukur paraqitjen e mozaikut social ne Shqiperi , sofistikohen ne menyre te panevojshme per ti dhene llustren e duhur "artistike" nderkombetare.

Mua me duket se nje nga arsyet qe e ben se pari me pak bindese dhe se dyti me te veshtire per tu "ngrene" nga publiku eshte pikerisht kjo.Mosdhenia e rendesise dhe mosparaqitja sukseshem e kultures,simboleve Shqiptare.

Ne nje rast te kundert mendoj se te pakten nga artdashesit shqiptare te diaspores sidomos do te kishte pasur shume me teper interes dhe ndjekje.Kete gje e kam vene re ketu ,ne Turqi , psh.,ku banoj qe prej 10 vitesh e kam vene re hovin qe ka marre kinemaja turke , si nga sasia dhe nga cilesia e filmave qe jane prodhuar po ashtu dhe nga numri i spektatoreve qe rritet nga dita ne dite.

Ka nje afrim dhe perkrahje ndaj kinemase amtare.E pra nje arsye eshte edhe servirja e karaktereve,kultures,miteve popullore .Çdo popull eshte patriot,mjafton te gjendet rruga e drejte e propagandes se saj.

2.Publiciteti ne çfaredolloj forme eshte 1 faktor tjeter shume i rendesishem, mungesa e te cilit eshte ende ne dimensione te pakuptueshme ne kete kohe te arte te teknologjise qe po jetojme.

Po filloj qe nga rruget me popullore dhe elementare te publikimit.Nderkohe qe ne te tere boten faqe si Youtube dhe Myspace jane bere trampolinat e para shpresedhenese te tere artisteve te rij te çfaredolloj zhanri ne muzike dhe kinematografi dhe po ashtu pikat e para te "gjuajtjes" se tyre nga producentet anembane globit.Ne Shqiperi kjo metode ende perdoret shume pak per te mos thene qe nuk merret shume ne konsiderate.

Mungesa e qendarave te shumta kulturore promovuese per artistet e rinj,mungesa e festivaleve te ndryshme te filmit ne vendin tone sigurisht qe eshte nje dere tjeter e mbyllur per kineastet shqiptare.

Per te mos folur per mediat e ndryshme , puna publikuese e te cilave nuk eshte perhere informuese sa eshte shokuese apo sencacionale,apo ne rastin me pak "keqardhes" ; e dobet.

Nje detaj tjeter jane dhe paraqitjet vizuale (posterat) e filmave.Dihet mire se me sa seriozitet dhe perkushtim pregatiteten nga ekipe te specializuara keto postera.Posteri eshte si te thuash ambalazhi i filmit.Duhet te ta hape oreksin apo te ta grishi mendjen qe ta marresh.

3.Sponsorizimet jane perhere ne nivele shume te uleta.Nuk e di me thene te drejten se çfare ndihmesash i ben shteti shqiptar kineasteve tane.Dua te jap nje shembull nga shteti turk .Mesa kam degjuar deri para disa kohesh ndihma qe ministria turke e kultures ben producentave/regjizoreve(sigurisht qe i plotesojne disa kushte te detyruara) eshte diçka rreth 40.000 $ (tani esh rrit dollari ka rene ca;), megjithse varion ne me shume ose me pak sipas projektit.

Perveç kesaj shume fondacione te tjera luajne nje rol shume te rendesishem perkrahes ekonomik.Dua te permend ketu psh Eurimages (Fondacioni i Punimeve Artistike Evropiane) i cili i siguroi psh.rregjizorit Nuri Bilge Ceylan 435.000 € per filmin e tij "Dreams".Mundesimi i ketyre sponsorizime sigurisht qe ka lidhje dhe me publicitetin qe folem me lart,dhe qe ende eshte i çale ne vendin tone,por sigurisht dhe me "perkushtimin" e Ministrise se Kultures Shqiptare.

4.Ashtu si dhe ne tere boten, publiku shqiptar eshte i prirur per te ndjekur kinema "popullore" holliwoodiane.Filma roze,action,komike jane fort te ndjekur si dhe ne shume vende.E megjithate une kam pershtypjen se publiku shqiptar , do ta kishte sqimen dhe guston per te ndjekur me shume filma shqiptare me artistike vetem nese keto filma do te "servireshin" ne menyre me kreative.

Shkurt e sakte me opinionin tim modest une them se kinemaja shqiptare i ka enzimat e nevojshme per te krijuar kimine e duhur mes publikut dhe me tej rrjedhimisht tregut.

Por sigurisht me pare duhet ca me shume "deshire dhe perkushtim".






Thursday, October 09, 2008

Drilon Serenity


all photos © Eni Turkeshi Photography

Drilon National Park of Albania is a lovely park located 4 km from Pogradec City.Carstic springs of this park are one of the springs ,purveying the famous Ohrid Lake.

It is also very close to the Tushemisht village, which maybe you don't know but , it's very well known and loved among us albos ,because it's there where the movie "A lady from the city" (raw translation:D) takes part.



This place is one of the most famous turistic Albanian places.It used to be a favourite spot for the Albanian communist leaders as well:) It was a favourite place for Enver Hoxha, you can see this documented in many pictures of him.
I guess ,there are still some peoples that are being affected by this idea , because this year I experienced something very strange.
I was walking to Drilon with my friend and I went close to an old man to ask him,how far was Drilon from Pogradec.
The man looked thoughtful and not at ease.He told me , we should bow and put our hand close to our hearts at the entrance ,otherwise we wouldn't be able to enter.
Poor guy:( I guess he was a veteran.
Don't know why, I felt very sad about him.It looked like his hour was stucked in nostalghia forever!
I don't know how common has been , visiting Drilon during the communism era ,but now definitely is a very popular area.
With it's cafes and restaurant and nice food ,makes it even harder to resist this lovely place.
I had visited Drilon with my albanian photographer friends in January, but in autumn is very lovely too!
The "sea" of trees, the lovely old boats,the elegant swans, cute gooses ,the fresh air, makes it just an amazing relaxing place!




It looks like nothing's got a hurry here.Everything echoes serenity!
The elegant moves of swans ,massages your emotions:)
The only vehicles you may see here are the bicycles or canoes.So once more you feel yourself released from the city stress and clamour.
Even the brawling gooses are so quiet and ear-soothing:)
Drilon is always beautiful in every season , I'm sure.But I think I loved it better now.
So common spoil yourself and your beloved ones this weekend and treat your eyes and soul!

Monday, October 06, 2008

Herds and Tillage

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shot from a moving car.loved the cows

© Eni Turkeshi Photography

a very nice Albanian poem from a special Albanian poet called: Naim Frasheri

i think it fits perfectly to this image:

Oh mountains of Albania

Oh mountains of Albania and you, oh trees so lofty,
Broad plains with all your flowers, day and night I contemplate you,
You highlands so exquisite, and you streams and rivers sparkling,
Oh peaks and promontories, and you slopes, cliffs, verdant forests,
Of the herds and flocks I'll sing out which you hold and which you nourish.
Oh you blessed, sacred places, you inspire and delight me!
You, Albania, give me honour, and you name me as Albanian,
And my heart you have replenished both with ardour and desire.
Albania! Oh my mother! Though in exile I am longing,
My heart has ne'er forgotten all the love you've given to me.
When a lambkin from its flock strays and does hear its mother's bleating,
Once or twice it will give answer and will flee in her direction,
Were others, twenty-thirty fold, to block its path and scare it,
Despite its fright it would return, pass through them like an arrow,
Thus my wretched heart in exile, here in foreign land awaiting,
Hastens back unto that country, swift advancing and in longing.
Where cold spring water bubbles and cool breezes blow in summer,
Where the foliage grows so fairly, where the flowers have such fragrance,
Where the shepherd plays his reed pipe to the grazing of the cattle,
Where the goats, their bells resounding, rest, yes 'tis the land I long for.

Sunday, October 05, 2008

Albania- September/October 2008

I'm just back from a lovely trip in Albania and Budva.But as I'm feeling totally tired , I'm just posting some candid photos,most of which are shot from a fast moving car, so nothing very arty this time, but still i like them because you can perceive the Albanian spirit in them.
Hope you'll enjoy!

Friday, September 26, 2008

Arti i nuserimit


copyright: Michel Setboun
Photo label : Albanian Wedding 1981- Shkoder

Mbase mund te jeni habitur nga titulli i ketij posti por une per vete perhere kam menduar se ne Shqiperi se paku ka egzistuar diçka e tille. Ky fenomen ka qene shume me i theksuar dhe ne permasa legjendare gjate kohes se monizmit sidomos.Epo doemos sepse keto kane qene mitet e atehershme. Kur nuk kishte paparazzi dhe revista roze apo revista vipash qe njerezit te shtynin kohen dhe te ngopnin kureshtjen e tyre. Do te flitej disa dite,jave mbase dhe muaj rrjesht nje dasem ne Shqiperi.Çdo detaj i saj do te endej ne re thashethemnajash te pambarimta. Por sidomos nuset do te pertypeshin dhe percilleshin mire e mire ne qiellza sidomos te grarise te fisit e lagjes.

Duke qene keshtu nuk kemi se si ti fajesojme te ngratat vajza per stresin qe i karakterizonte.Atyre i duhej te "nuseronin".
Dhe te nuserosh nuk eshte e lehte.Nuk domethene vetem te veshesh fustanin e nuses , te tualetosesh e te rrish.

Nuserimi fillon pikesepari ne qendrimin e nuseve.Nese do te kishte diçka qe me bente per te qeshur dhe per te ndjere keqardhje do te qe ai pozicioni i veçante dhe gjysem i ngrire , si i shkaktuar nga ndonje paralize e pergjithshme .Kjo e fundit shoqerohej dhe me nje buzeqeshje dramatike.Kjo buzqeshje me ngjante me nje pjese pikture ku qene derdhur me shumice tonelata arabeske,histerie dhe ankthi.

Po, po ankthi duke menduar me stres menyren sesi po paraqitej.
Nuset nuk para kercenin shume , ato duhet te ishin shembelltyre e fisnikerise dhe elegances per tere fisin.Jo per gje po fisi vete shkerrmoqej e leshohej per qejf te vet.
Nuk thonin kot " nje martohet , njeqind terbohen":))

Pastaj vinte momenti qe nusja dilte nga shtepia dhe pergatitej te shkonte ne nje shtepi tjeter, ne ate te bashkeshortit.
Arsyeja qe e kam vene kete foto eshte per te treguar dhe me mire histerine e momentit.
Asnjehere nuk i kam kuptuar te qarat e stazhonuara te nuseve.Sy te perskuqur, trupa qe dridhen,fytyra te meitura.

Me kujtohet nje fjale e urte turke qe shkon shume me kete rast: Nuk e dua , por sidoqofte ma fut ne xhep:))
E pra ku qendronte arsyeja e nje keputjeje te tille nderkohe qe po martoheshin vete me deshiren e tyre?

Kjo qe thoni juve , ishte pjesa e fundit e aktit te nuserimit dhe mbase dhe me e veshtira sepse ishte dhe me tragjikja:)
Ishte si nderi i nuses, namuzi i saj dhe virtyti i fundit qe do te shpaloste ne fund te kesaj ceremonie, simbol shpatullfryres dhe shitmendes i shoqerise shqiptare.

Pas disa kujisjeve te thekura nusja nisej dhe akti "solemn" shoqerohej ne menyre shume te vrazhde dhe aspak delikate me femije-lubi , potenciale per te thyer xhamat e makines teksa mundoheshin te kapnin karamelet apo leket e vogla .

Nuk e di se çfare mendimi keni juve per nuserimin dhe dasmat e dikurshme , por une per vete perveç disa kujtimesh te bukura nga dasmat e fisit , mund te them se me pelqen me shume origjinaliteti qe ka ne dasmat ne ditet e sotme.

per kuriozitet hapa nje sondazh qe do ta gjeni ne krah te djathte.pres pergjigjet tuaja ne kete teme:)

Monday, August 18, 2008

Colorful Albania cities

urban geometry charm
Each time I visit my country , I'm amazed by the very differently designed and dyed colorful buildings,doors,windows.
Special urban geometry elements catch my eye all the time.
Tirana and many other Albanian cities , are very colorful and a real treasure for color and texture freaks like me:)
I'm surprised to find many different and never seen goodies in my small Tirana.It's so very exciting!
What's more eye-catching, is seeing old buildings,doors or other objects , dyed in very minimalistic or modern styles!All of it looks so surreal!
I'm sure that one of the reasons that I look forward to visit my country is capturing these weird,one of a kind gems:)

Monday, August 04, 2008

Silent Exclamation of Abandonment


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There's something special about the abandoned places.Besides their looking so gloomy,lonely and sometimes scary , what mostly catches my attention is the spooky silence of them.

Or should I say , screaming silence?Because even if you can't hear this sound, your ears feel like echoing different voices, thousand sounds and so much melodies.
And it has the same effect on your eyes as well.There's a transparent visuality coming in sight there.It's maybe very weird , but your mind indispersed to so many alternatives.

This can't come out just because of our imagination.It can't be just mere fantasy.Or a wisdom caprice.
I think it's the unique blend of perception and the genuine force of memories and the melancholy for what has been truelife and now abandoned.

I shot this photo in Muriqan,Shkoder,very close to the political borderline between Albania and Montenegro.That's what I thought while taking this photo.

Friday, May 09, 2008

Fragmente te veçanta nga atdheu


 poetic windows from a forgotten era

pallat poetik

Miq, po ju ve nje tog fotosh qe i kam shkrepur ne Pogradec gjate takimit me miqte fotografe..Jane te tera shume te veçanta dhe mua me bejne pershtypje sa here i shoh..

c'era una volta il uest:)



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Ne rrugen nga Guri i Kuq per ne Pogradec mund te shihje shume shites ngjalash.Nuk e di por mu duk shume i veçante ky moment me kete djalin qe mbante ngjalen ne dore duke e tundur perballe makines se nuses...

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Just in case ...

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Just in case you might have missed Albanian Theatre pals..
I was this last Saturday there.Love theatre and our theatre as well.

I've always enjoyed going there.It was quiıte a long time (since last year) I haven't gone there so I was just looking forward to revisiting it.

This time we watched an Artur Miller drama :"View from the bridge"

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Here there are some photos just for you:)Have a nostalgic evening:)

Friday, April 25, 2008

Disa gjera nuk harrohen kurre!

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Dje po kaloja nga pallati i kultures dhe teksa po ecja syte me zune parkun prapa monumentit te Skenderbeut.Sa shume ka ndryshuar ky park tashme!
Nuk mund te them se nuk me pelqen fare pamja e tij e re , stili minimalist qe eshte perdorur ne mirembajtjen e tij.
Por me merr dhe shume malli per ato pemet e bukura kushedi se sa vjecare dhe shume elemente te tjera qe nuk i gjej me aty.

Te gjithe nga ne kane nga nje kujtim ne kete park te vecante.
Ketu ishte pika kryesore e shetitjeve dhe lodrimeve te kalamaqerve, e fotografive familjare, madje dhe vendi i piketuar dhe per shume filma.
Ishte vendi i pazevendesueshem i vizitave familjare te dites se diele.Nuk besoj se ka ndonje familje qe nuk e ka ndonje fotografi prej asaj kohe ne kete park.
Tashme , nuk e ka me ate gjallerine e dikurshme , ato hijet e renda te atyre pemeve madheshtore dhe askush nuk tregon me interesin e dikurshem , aq me teper askujt nuk i shkon mendja per te bere fotografi ne kete park.
Madje dhe une kisha kohe qe kaloja ketej por asnjehere nuk isha ndjere gati per te bere foto ketu.
Ndjeva nje lloj nostalgjie dhe malli kur shkrepa aparatin per te fotografuar kete park krejtesisht te ndryshuar.
E megjithate ngelet serish i bukur ky park.Po ju ve dy fotografi edhe per ju qe keni kohe pa e pare dhe mund t`ju kete marre malli.

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