The coast of the Black Sea is mysterious, stunningly beautiful and somewhat dangerous. It has been in the very heart of numerous wars, conflicts and other historic dramas. The countries around the Black Sea are a wild mixture of cultures and traditions, three absolutely different civilizations: the European, the Asian and the Middle East ones. But regardless of a nationality and a social status, practically all people from the countries at the coast work hard to make their dream come true – spend a couple of weeks at the sea.
A Romanian photographer Petrut Calinescu travelled through the countries at the Black Sea to capture the magnificent diversity of the cultural traditions and daily life of these peoples.
Pitsunda, Abkhazia.
Zatoka, Odessa region, Ukraine.
Vilkovo of the Odessa region, Ukraine, is often called Venice. A family drinks vidka in the boat.
Breakfast time, Zatoka, Odessa region, Ukraine.
Zatoka, Odessa region, Ukraine.
Sukhumi, Abkhazia. The ship ran aground in 2010.
Tourists in Sukhumi, Abkhazia.
Sukhumi, Abkhazia.
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Nina and her daughter are fishing.
A small restaurant in the shape of a flying saucer. Armenia, at the border with Georgia.
A man making BBQ in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Local girls are sunbathing at the bay in Sevastopol, Crimea.
Poti, Georgia.
Zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Soldiers of the Nagorno-Karabakh army.
Nagorno-Karabakh. The guy is spending his last summer at mom’s place, before he enrolls in a military school of Yerevan.
Abandoned sanatorium, Pitsunda, Abkhazia.
A family walking in the industrial district of Baku, Azerbaijan.
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A couple standing on the shore with an abandoned restaurant in the background. Sumgait, Azerbaijan.
A man is swimming with his horse in Azerbaijan.
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