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alcibiades

@alcibiades

Street photographer | Curie curator

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alcibiades
@alcibiades Jun 3, 2026, 6:39 AM UTC

When the Sky Turned to Fire | Street Photography

*** Hello again, lovely people. It’s been a while since I last wrote here, and I’m finally pushing myself to do it again. Work has kept me unusually busy over the past eight months, which also meant…

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alcibiades
@alcibiades Nov 7, 2025, 9:14 PM UTC

Remarque’s Trilogy of the Lost | Discussing 3 Books

Last year I finally delved into Remarque, author that I have been around all the way from high school but never got around it, I likely postponed it thinking his work might be too dry and focused on…

276 upvotes 3 replies $2.63
alcibiades
@alcibiades Oct 31, 2025, 9:39 AM UTC

When Every Leaf is a Flower | Autumn Street Photography

*** It's been a long while, photography lovers. I hope you are doing great and enjoying this autumn season. I've been much less productive with my photography these last few months mainly due to lack…

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alcibiades
@alcibiades Jul 26, 2025, 2:28 PM UTC

From Thessaloniki to Siviri | Our Greece Trip

*** Hello, good people of Hive and travel enthusiasts! I'm back to share some moments from my recent trip to Greece with family. It's sort of a tradition in Serbia to take few days during the summer…

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alcibiades
@alcibiades Jun 20, 2025, 8:50 AM UTC

Into the Heart of the Wilderness | Butcher’s Crossing Book Review

The craftsmanship with which John Williams writes prose should be a subject taught in schools. His words flow effortlessly, as if they had always existed in that exact order, as if this was the only…

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alcibiades
@alcibiades Jun 12, 2025, 8:36 AM UTC

Two of Hemingway's Memoirs - Of Quiet Parisian Cafés and Wild Spanish Fiestas

There are writers you adore, and then there are those you wrestle with. Somehow Hemingway is, for me, both. It took me a while to get used to Hemingway’s style — dry, restrained, painfully precise. A…

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alcibiades
@alcibiades Jun 2, 2025, 1:37 PM UTC

Satire, Absurdity and Despair | Recommending Four Literary Classics

It's good to talk to you again, literary fans. I've been away from Hive due to a busy schedule, but I've tried to maintain a regular reading routine and now have plenty of great books to discuss and…

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alcibiades
@alcibiades Mar 27, 2025, 9:41 AM UTC

Les Misérables | A Monumental Epic of Suffering and Redemption

> “The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.” *** I've both longed for and feared this 1,500-page literary giant. A…

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alcibiades
@alcibiades Mar 24, 2025, 7:26 PM UTC

The Sound of Resistance Can not Be Silenced Anymore

*** My fellow Hivers, it's a shame I am limited with my time and can't engage here as often as I would like to. I have an important topic to share here, regarding the events in Serbia. You may have r…

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alcibiades
@alcibiades Jan 20, 2025, 3:56 PM UTC

Two Snowy Days in Belgrade | Street Photography

*** I'm happy to be back here and write to you again, photography lovers! I'm slowly waking up from the winter hibernation, a long and draining months of cold and staying at home. Such is a time that…

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