Le Journal de la Photographie

Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon Abandonned bar facing the beach of Kilyos north of Istanbul. Kilyos Turkey © Mathias Depardon Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon Youngsters diving from a rock to the Black Sea on the Georgian-Turkish border near Batumi. Georgia © Mathias Depardon Black Deep Sea Ukrainian navy officer on a military ship in Novorossiysk. After a sea exercise warships of BLACKSEAFOR naval cooperation task group called at Russian port Novorossiysk . The task group consists of Bulgarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, and Russian warships. Novorossiysk, Russia © Mathias Depardon Black Deep Sea Monument to defense of Sevastopol in the second world war. Sevastopol, Crimea. Ukraine © Mathias Depardon Black Deep Sea Two men in front of their car take the pose near Samsun on the front shore of the Black of Sea. Samsun, Turkey © Mathias Depardon Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon Shipyard cemetery near Zonguldag. Turkey © Mathias Depardon Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon Morning gymnastic for the babushka on the ocean frontnear The Monument to the Scuttled Ships in Sevastopol Crimea. Ukraine © Mathias Depardon Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon Russian tourist on the beach of Gagra looking at a boat embarking others for a visit around the shores of Abkhazia. Gagra, Abkhazia © Mathias Depardon Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon A boy is fishing with a net on the shore of a beach north of Yevpatoriya on the west coast of Crimea. Ukraine © Mathias Depardon Black Deep Sea A woman is taking a pose in front of an old soviet monument. © Mathias Depardon Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon Muslim women taking a swim with an Abaya (burkinis) on the beach near Zonguldag. Turkey © Mathias Depardon Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon Receptionist of the second floor at the Zhemchuzhina hotel in Sochi. Sochi, Russia © Mathias Depardon Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon Soviet-style residential building on the outskirt of Batumi. Georgia © Mathias Depardon Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon A woman and a man are selling balloons in the streets of Tbilisi. Georgia © Mathias Depardon Black Deep Sea © Mathias Depardon Black Deep Sea A family is cleaning the carpets in the courtyard of their home. Batumi, Georgia © Mathias Depardon Black Deep Sea Ex soviet-style state building in Sukhumi, Abkhazia’s capital, still bears the scars of the conflict with Georgia in 1992 and 1993. Abkhazia © Mathias Depardon Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon Woman laying on the immense memorial at Malaya Zemlya. In 1943, a small Soviet landing party heroically held outhere for 225 days, forming a bridgehead for the counteroffensive against occupying germans. This immense memorialcelebrates the Russian Empire feats. This huge concrete construction rep... Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon Man looking at the other oil wresling competitors at the annual Kirkpinar Oil-Wresling tournament. Kırkpınar is a Turkish oil-wrestling tournament since 1346. It is held annually, usually in late June, near Edirne, on the Greek-Turkish border. Edirne, Turkey © Mathias Depardon Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon A new building is in construction next to a monument in a empty field near the Black Sea shore. Georgia © Mathias Depardon Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon A woman looks at the sea after a evening swim on the shore of Sochi. Russia © Mathias Depardon Black Deep Sea Ocean front on the beach of Sukhum capital of Abkhazia, disputed region on the Black Sea. The city suffered heavily during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict in the early 1990s. Abkhazia © Mathias Depardon Black Deep Sea © Mathias Depardon Black Deep Sea © Mathias Depardon Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon Young man diving in the Black Sea near the harbor of Novorossiysk.In 1942, the town was occupied by the Wehrmacht, but a small unit of Soviet sailors defended one part of the town, known as Malaya Zemlya, for 225 days.The heroic defense of the port by the sailors allowed the Soviets to retain pos... Black Sea Postcards - Mathias Depardon Ocean front on the beach of Sukhum capital of Abkhazia,disputed region on the Black Sea. The city suffered heavily during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict in the early 1990s. Abkhazia © Mathias Depardon