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Mary Fahl enchanted us! Her warm, rich voice washed over us and encircled us in pure joy! As if we were all in the same living room, Mary told us the story behind each of her songs, speaking so personally and sincerely. Both Mary and her Husband, Rich, were funny, entertaining, and completely endearing! A perfect evening!

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Always an enjoyable evening. Mary covered the October a Project era as well as her own newer material. Her voice is as beautiful as ever, and I recommend seeing her if you liked October a Project or if you desire to hear one of the great voices out there today.

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• Wexford Carol
• Urge for Going
• What Child is This
• Christmas Time is Here
• Walking in the Air
• Winter Lady
• O Holy Night/Silent Night
• Tuesday Afternoon
• Got a Feelin'
• Can't Get It Out of My Head
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Mary Fahl at The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, Old Saybrook, CT, USA

• What Child Is This
• In the Bleak Midwinter
• Christmas Time Is Here
• O Holy Night / Silent Night

Mary Fahl at The Music of Joni Mitchell - 80th B’Day Celebration 2023

• Court and Spark
• Both Sides, Now
• The Circle Game

Mary Fahl at The Loft at City Winery, New York, NY, USA

• Ruby Tuesday
• Don't Let It Bring You Down
• Comfortably Numb
• Beware of Darkness
• The Great Valerio
• Falling Farther In
• Return to Me
• Since You've Asked

Mary Fahl at The Music of Bob Dylan and George Harrison 2023

• Time Passes Slowly
• Ring Them Bells

Mary Fahl at Red Clay Music Foundry, Duluth, GA, USA

• Brain Damage

Mary Fahl at The Center for Arts in Natick, Natick, MA, USA

Mary fahl at spire center for performing arts, plymouth, ma, usa, mary fahl at avenel performing arts center, avenel, nj, usa.

• Deep as You Go
• Wild Is the Wind
• Ben Aindi Habibi
• Gravity: Move Mountains Turn Rivers Around
• Una furtiva lagrima

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• Apr 26, 2024 - Aug 25, 2024

Mary Fahl recently planned a concert schedule stopping by select locations in North America. As one of the popular World live performers currently, Mary Fahl will finally be performing live once again for fans. View the schedule here to find a specific show. Then, you can view the concert specifics, post it in Facebook and take a look at a selection of great concert tickets. If you are unable to make any of the current concerts, sign up for our Concert Tracker for alerts when Mary Fahl performances are announced in any city. Mary Fahl possibly might unveil other North American events, so keep coming back for up-to-date information.

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With “a voice for the gods that can transport listeners to other realms” (Boston Globe), Mary Fahl is an expressive, emotional singer/songwriter who first achieved fame as lead singer and co-founder of the mid-1990s NYC- based chamber-pop group October Project, a band known for their lush harmonies, sweeping melodies and Fahl’s unique and powerful vocals. After two records on Epic, the band disbanded, but Fahl had more freedom to pursue her own muse, whether that meant writing and recording songs for movies (including the theme for the Civil War epic “Gods and Generals”), singing arias and medieval Spanish songs for Sony Classical or releasing a unique album-length take on “Dark Side of the Moon”…

With an earthy, viscerally powerful contralto that bridges the generational gap between Fairport Convention’s Sandy Denny and London Grammar’s Hannah Reid, Mary Fahl makes music that feels timeless, esoteric and ecumenical. Her elegant, cinematic songs have a hauntingly gothic romanticism that inspired renowned writer Anne Rice to portray Mary’s voice emanating from a dead woman’s room in her 2013 novel The Wolves of Midwinter…

Over the past few years, she’s been touring and recording on her own label, Rimar Records, and her recent releases have garnered awards including an Indie Acoustic Award for Best Live Album for “Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House” (filmed for PBS) and a 2020 Independent Music Award for her recent holiday album, “Winter Songs and Carols”. Her latest release, a Blu-ray 5.1 surround DVD, “From the Dark Side of the Moon”, brilliantly mixed by Bob Clearmountain, won the 2021 Immersive Album Audio Listener’s Choice award and was named “Immersive Album of the Year” by Life in Surround.

Now she returns with “Can’t Get It Out of My Head”. In an effort to find some light and comfort during these challenging times, singer/songwriter Fahl looks back to some of the essential music that has brought her sustenance and clarity by reinterpreting songs from her greatest inspirations … Pink Floyd, George Harrison, Moody Blues, ELO, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young and others. For Mary, this is a tribute to the music that defined her as an artist.

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Exploring her musical DNA: Mary Fahl to perform at Fort Hill

It was a dark period — for everyone, of course, locked down to stem the spread of COVID-19; and for singer-songwriter Mary Fahl, who lost her mother to age and a sister to ALS. It was a time of sorrow and bereavement, and, with these family losses, a feeling of rootlessness. 

“I kept thinking, what would I write about?” she recalled. “Everything I wrote would sound angry and dystopian.” 

For solace — and a connection to her roots — Fahl turned to the music that meant the most to her in her youth, the records she’d borrowed from her older siblings’ rooms and ordered from record-club deals. The Mamas and the Papas. The Moody Blues. Judy Collins. George Harrison. Electric Light Orchestra. 

“I felt, what is my home? My musical home was from my youth, about the ages of 12 or 13, when I began to develop my own taste in music,” Fahl said. “Songs I just love on a level that’s — they’re like family to me, in terms of their being in my musical DNA rather than my family DNA.” 

Fahl's most recent studio album then represents a musical family reunion. The 2022 release “Can’t Get It Out of My Head” (title from the ELO song) includes reinterpreted versions of ten 1960s and 1970s songs — famous ones like the Rolling Stones’ “Ruby Tuesday” and the Moody Blues’ “Tuesday Afternoon,” and lesser-known gems like Nick Drake’s “River Man” and Richard and Linda Thompson’s “The Great Valerio.” 

Fahl, known for a rich contralto voice, will perform many of those songs at her concert Saturday, Oct. 1, at Fort Hill Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua, along with songs from her solo career and October Project, the chamber-pop band of which she was a member in their original 1990s lineup, and which she says had a big Rochester following at the time. The Fort Hill show is Fahl’s first time performing in the Rochester area since the October Project days, she said. 

Those childhood days listening to ELO, George Harrison and others were formative – and the songs continue to evoke family for her. She had one brother who was into British folk, a brother into British prog and a sister into the great female singers of the day. She became familiar with such singers as Fairport Convention’s Sandy Denny and prog band Renaissance’s Annie Haslam, among the first singers she found similar to her own voice. 

“I could go to anybody’s room in the house and play their records when they weren’t home. It was a fabulous musical education,” she said, adding, “ They weren’t so happy; as a little kid I didn’t always take good care of their records.” 

The original lineup of October Project, known for close vocal harmonies, featured Fahl along with singers Emil Adler (also keyboardist) and Julie Sullivan, and yielded such songs as “Ariel,” “Bury My Lovely” and “Return to Me,” the latter included in the soundtrack to the Tommy Lee Jones/Jeff Bridges movie “Blown Away.” The band in its original configuration was signed to a major label, Sony BMG subsidiary Epic Records, and released two albums, “October Project” and “Falling Further In,” before Epic opted not to renew their contract. The band would eventually reform without Fahl, who moved on to a solo career. 

“I had to go back to a day job,” she recalled, doing consulting work and some TV commercials. “I thought if I’m going to stay in the business, I’m going to have to learn to write. It was very scary for me; the bar was set very high with October Project." She allows, “I got better at it as I went along.”  

She released an EP, “Lenses of Contact,” in 2000, and hired a band to tour behind it, many of whom would later form the folk group Olabelle. And in 2001 she auditioned with Sony Classical (“of all people,” she noted), singing some medieval music and an aria as well as her own songs. Her 2003 album with Sony Classical,” “The Other Side of Time,” was an eclectic project featuring mostly her own songs, and with some operatic and Middle Eastern-influenced songs (one in Italian and one in Mozarabic). Two of the songs were featured in films: “Going Home” in “Gods and Generals,” and the traditional Irish song “The Dawning of the Day,” in “The Guys.”  

Fahl is still quite proud of that album, though she thinks it may have been too eclectic for its own good — “it confused people thinking it would be the third October Project album that was never made.” 

That contract ended due to a record company shakeup — and Fahl, at loose ends, decided on an ambitious project, an album covering and reinterpreting the classic Pink Floyd album “Dark Side of the Moon.” “Because I loved it so much, and felt I had something very personal to say about it,” she said. Produced by Syracuse-based musician Mark Doyle —who produced the latest album and is in her touring band — “From the Dark Side of the Moon” would go unreleased for several years; the label that was to release it went under before it saw the light of day. (The Floyd connection continues; the new disc includes a cover of “Comfortably Numb” from “The Wall.”) 

Subsequent albums included “Love and Gravity” (2014), “Mary Fahl Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House” (also 2014), the seasonal album “Winter Songs and Carols” (2019) and the new album.

Thematically, many of Fahl’s compositions — such as “Gravity (Move Mountains, Turn Rivers Around)” or “Like Johnny Loved June” -- focus on a love that’s hard-fought-for and hard-won, love that requires quite a bit of living to realize. “I’m really good at writing a hard-won love song — I never write 'poor-me' love songs,” she said. “I like that kind of thing, hard-won love.”  

And while she loves artists like Joni Mitchell (“Both Sides Now” is a frequent cover), one thing she’s not is a confessional songwriter. “I don’t like to harvest my present personal life for material,” she said. “I’m a great observer of people’s lives, and I notice that when singer-songwriters do that, they don’t stay married for very long!” 

Instead, she said what she tries to do is present an uplifting. experience for listeners in an age filled with tension and loss — if they’re going to pay good money on a concert, she wants to give them something positive. 

“I just want to bring people back to recognizing what’s wonderful about being a human … I want them to leave feeling up,” Fahl said. “People are strapped for cash; I feel like it’s my duty as an artist to uplift them, give them everything I have as a human.” 

Mary Fahl's Canandaigua concert is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at Fort Hill Performing Arts Center, 20 Fort Hill Ave., Canandaigua, co-sponsored by Fort Hill and Fanatics Pub in Lima. Tickets are $35 orchestra and $45 mezzanine and are available at the box office and at fhpac.org.

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See the acclaimed world music singer perform live with Mary Fahl tickets. Mary Fahl is a guitarist, actress and singer-songwriter known primarily for her work with the pop band October Project. Born in Rockland County, New York in 1958, Fahl began singing at an early age. She often sang along to her family’s records, even designing a makeshift recording studio in their bathroom.

In 1990 Fahl met songwriter Julie Flanders in New York City, with whom she formed the band October Project shortly afterward. Following years of performing in coffee shops and at open mics, the band broke through to mainstream attention with the release of their sophomore album Falling Farther In in 1995. The album reached the top of the Billboard 200, and October Project soon began touring with high-profile acts like Crash Test Dummies and Sarah McLachlan.

Fahl set off on her solo career in 2000, releasing her EP Lenses of Contact in 2001. The release saw the artist combine elements from folk, pop and classic rock music, and earned rave reviews from publications like Allmusic, Billboard and the New York Press . Her sound has been compared to Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Enya. Get your Mary Fahl tickets here for a chance to see this versatile singer-songwriter take the stage.

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Get ready to find an abundance of live concert appearances. Mary Fahl tour dates will generally boast gigs at venues around the United States. A bevy of stages has presented shows by the most popular and renowned artists. There just might be an opportunity to catch a performance at the Met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The Mary Fahl concert schedule is likely to boast an array of amazing appearances. Live shows happen from a plethora of festivals and venues such as the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California or a platform like South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Concerts from Las Vegas are typically held at popular places like the MGM Grand Garden Arena. You can expect an exciting live show from any venue. Be in the audience and get ready for the full concert experience.

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Songs from the Mary Fahl Tour Setlist

Mary Fahl's setlist while performing in Sellersville , PA at “Sellersville Theater” included the following songs:

• Wexford Carol
• Urge for Going
• What Child is This
• Christmas Time is Here
• Walking in the Air
• Winter Lady
• O Holy Night/Silent Night
• Tuesday Afternoon
• Got a Feelin'
• Can't Get It Out of My Head
• Ruby Tuesday
• Return to Me
• Don't Let It Bring You Down
• Both Sides, Now
• Brain Damage
• I'll be Home for Christmas/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

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In most cases, you'll be entering Red Square from the north, passing landmarks such as the Bolshoi Theatre and Duma parliament building as you make your way southward. Although you don't necessarily have to pass through the Voskresensky (or Resurrection in English) Gates in order to gain access to the square these days, they definitely provide a sense of arrival, to say nothing of the way their left arch frame's St. Basil's Cathedral if you look from just the right angle.

An interesting fact is that while a gate of some kind has stood here since the mid-16th century, the one you currently see wasn't built until 1994, having been destroyed in 1931 so that tanks could enter and exit Red Square during military parades.

St. Basil's Cathedral

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Few sights are as iconic not only of Moscow and Red Square but indeed of Russia than St. Basil's Cathedral, whose colorful, onion-shaped domes are a symbol of the country around the world. Officially known as the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, this church has stood since 1561, which is quite miraculous when you consider all the turbulent history that has transpired since then.

Among other things, religion was severely prohibited during the Soviet period , which led some to believe that this emblem of the Russian Orthodox church might not withstand the tenure of the USSR. 

An interesting fact is that St. Basil's is the so-called "Kilometer Zero" of Russia; all of Moscow's main roads (which can take you anywhere in Russia) begin at the exits to Red Square. In this way, St. Basil's iconic status also has an extremely tangible element.

The Kremlin

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When you think of The Kremlin, it's unlikely that positive images enter your mind. The fact that simply saying the word "Kremlin" is too vague a descriptor (most Russian cities have their own Kremlin complexes; you should say "Moscow Kremlin") notwithstanding, this misunderstood place is incredibly beautiful, even if you don't like the policy that comes out of it.

Senate Square

In spite of its name, which refers to the role the building that rises above the square played during Imperial Russia, Senate Square is actually home to Russia's presidential administration, currently helmed by Vladimir Putin. In order to see where Russia's legislature operates from, walk just outside Red Square to the Duma parliament building.

Dormition Cathedral

Dating back to the year 1479, the gold-domed Dormition Cathedral pays homage to an Orthodox religious feast that commemorates the death of the Virgin Mary . As is the case with St. Basil's, it is curious that such a conspicuously religious structure was able to survive through the Soviet period.

Armoury Chamber

Though it takes its name from the fact that it housed Russia's royal arsenal when it was built in the 16th century, the most notable resident of the Kremlin's Armoury Chamber today is the Russian Diamond Fund.

Notable Kremlin Towers

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The interior of the Moscow Kremlin is more beautiful and inviting than you'd expect, but the walls and towers that rise around it better live up to the intimidation with which the complex is associated. 

Borovitskaya Tower

Named to commemorate the dense forest that once stood atop the mount where it's built, this tower is extremely picturesque. Built in the late 15th century, it's visible from most places in the square, and also as you walk along the Moskva River.

Nikolskaya Tower

Also built in the year 1491, this tower currently suffered destruction at the hands of Napoleon's army in the 19th century. What you see now is the result of an 1816 re-design and renovation, though artillery fire during the Russian Revolution also caused superficial damage to the tower, named to honor St. Nikolas of Mozhaysk , so it's difficult to know which elements of it are original.

Spasskaya Tower

Known in English as the "Savior's Tower," this iconic, star-topped tower is perhaps the best-known of all the Kremlin's towers. Built in 1491 like the other two towers on this list, it's certainly the most photographed. As a result of its proximity to St. Basil's, it often makes its way into tourists' pictures.

Mausoleum of Lenin

Just as it's strange to learn how many religious monuments survived through the Soviet period, it's a bit odd to think that Lenin's preserved body still sits in a mausoleum just beneath the walls of the Kremlin on Red Square, given the lack of consensus about the ultimate impact of his Revolution, even in Russia.

It's not guaranteed that you'll be able to see the body (which, believe it or not, seems to be improving with age ) when you go, and if you do you will likely have to wait in line, but even strolling past the outside of the Lenin Mausoleum, flanked by stone-faced guards that almost look like statues, illuminates the gravity of his body still being here.

GUM Shopping Center

You might cringe, at least initially, when you realize that one of the most iconic stops on a tour of Red Square is a department store—until you see said department store, that is. Built in 1893 and known during Soviet times as the State Department Store, GUM  ( Glávnyj Universáľnyj Magazín​ or Main Universal Store in English) hearkens back to the grandeur of the late 19th century, both seen from the outside (especially, when lit up at night) and the interior, which might have you feeling like you're further west in Europe.

A trip inside GUM is a particularly good idea during winter, when frigid temperatures outside will have you savoring the heat, the quality of souvenirs, confections and other goods sold inside notwithstanding. Also, make sure not to confuse GUM with CDM, which sits near the Bolshoi Theatre, even though both are stunning and iconic in their own right.

State Historical Museum

The Russian State Historical Museum is located near Voskresensky Gates, though you should wait until after you've seen the first few attractions of Red Square and the Kremlin to head back there and go inside. To be sure, as you pass by its facade (whose late-19th century grandeur somewhat obscures that fact that it's currently a museum accessible to the public) you might not even think to try and gain entry.

Once inside the museum, you can plan to spend at least a couple of hours, given that artifacts here date back to the very beginning of the Russian state in the ninth century. As is the case with GUM, this will be a particularly alluring prospect if you visit in winter, when Moscow is arguably at its most beautiful, but certainly at its least tolerable. 

Minin-Pozharsky Monument

It's somewhat easy to disregard this monument, which pays homage to the two Russian princes who ended the so-called "Time of Troubles" in the mid-16th century, during which Polish-Lithuanian forces occupied Russia, among other awful things including a famine. That's because the statue currently sits just at the base of St. Basil's Cathedral, which makes it very difficult to photograph or even see without being overwhelmed by that much more famous edifice.

Though the statue originally sat at the very center of Red Square, it came to be an obstacle to the movement of tanks during the Soviet period, much like the Voskresensky Gates. As a result, authorities moved it during that time, and it's stayed where you currently find it ever since.

Kazan Cathedral

Taken by itself, the smokey-pink Kazan Cathedral is an architectural marvel; originally built in the 17th century, the church you find here today, located just north of the GUM department store, dates back only to 1993.

Unfortunately, since it sits not only in the shadow of GUM, but also in the shadow St. Basil's and the Towers of the Kremlin, it's easy to miss entirely if you aren't looking. As a result, you might wait until you've seen just about everything else in Red Square before coming here to take photos, and to appreciate the understated beauty of this oft-overlooked cathedral.

Moskva River

As you head south from St. Basil's Cathedral to exit Red Square, make sure to walk onto Bolshoy Moskvoretskiy Bridge, which crosses the Moskva River. If you look due north, you can get an excellent shot of the church framed, on the left, by the towers of the Kremlin. Directing your gaze a bit to the west allows you to see the skyscrapers of Moscow City as they rise above the Kremlin's walls.

Walking westward along the riverbank is also a worthwhile excursion, for the views it provides of Red Square and the Kremlin, as well as the fact that doing so takes you to other iconic Moscow attractions, including Gorky Park and the Pushkin Museum. The views you enjoy from the river and the bridge are particularly stunning at night, though you should make sure you bring a tripod if you want to get a clear picture, given how strong winds over and near the river can be.

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Apr 24 2017

City Street Guides by f.d. walker: A Street Photography Guide to Moscow, Russia

*A series of guides on shooting Street Photography in cities around the world. Find the best spots to shoot, things to capture, street walks, street tips, safety concerns, and more for cities around the world. I have personally researched, explored and shot Street Photography in every city that I create a guide for. So you can be ready to capture the streets as soon as you step outside with your camera!

At over 12 million people, Moscow is the largest city in Russia and second largest in Europe by population ( Istanbul is #1). An urban, cosmopolitan metropolis with more than enough glitz and glam to cater to the elite, but without losing its fair share of Soviet era roughness around the edges. It can be fast paced, brash, busy, and trendy like other big cities, but it has its blend of West meets Russia atmosphere and beauty that provides plenty of unique interest. The Red Square is as famous as it gets, but there’s so much more to this city, including the most beautiful subway system you’ve ever seen. It would take years to capture all of Moscow, but that means you have an endless amount of areas to discover.

So here’s a Street Photography guide so you can be ready to capture all that Moscow has to offer before you even arrive!

• Patriarch’s Pond
• Old Arbat Street
• Maroseyka Street
• Tverskoy Boulevard

Top 5 Street Spots:

1. red square.

The Red Square is the most famous square in not just Russia, but all of Eastern Europe. The name actually doesn’t come from the color of the bricks or communism, but from the name in Russian, Krásnaya, once meaning “beautiful” before its meaning changed to “red.” This large plaza is what you see on the cover of guide books and magazines for Moscow, with St. Basil’s Cathedral being the center piece next to Lenin’s Mausoleum surrounded by the Kremlin Wall. Of course, the Red Square attracts hordes of tourist due to the main attractions, but all that activity around an interesting atmosphere does provide street photo opportunities. It’s also the central square connecting to the city’s major streets, providing a good starting point to explore outward.

You’ll also find the popular pedestrian only Nikolskaya Street connecting the Red Square to Lubyanka Square. This line of expensive shops includes plenty of activity, while also leading you to another popular square. Filled with history rivaling any city, the Red Square and surrounding areas are the heart and soul of Russia.

2. Patriarch’s Ponds

Patriarch’s Ponds is one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Moscow. Despite the name being plural, there’s only one large pond, but it’s worth a visit with your camera. It’s a popular spot for locals and expats to come relax or take a stroll around the pond. You get an interesting mix of young and old too, from young love to “babushkas” feeding pigeons. It’s a very peaceful park atmosphere in one of the nicer areas within the city center, while bringing enough activity for street photography. 

The pond is shallow and in the winter becomes a popular spot for ice-skating too. The area is also well-known for the location in the famous Russian novel, The Master and Margarita. 

3. Old Arbat (Stary Arbat)

Old Arbat is the most famous pedestrian street in Moscow, and dating back to the 15th century, also one of its oldest. Originally, it was an area of trade, but soon became the most prestigious residential area in Moscow. During the 18th century, Arbat started attracting the city’s scholars and artists, including Alexander Pushkin. Cafes lined the streets and impressive homes filled the neighborhood. Since then, New Arbat street was created as a highway in the area, while Old Arbat was paved for a 1km pedestrian only walkway.

Due to the historic buildings, famous artists that lived here, and the bohemian atmosphere, Old Arbat has become a big attraction for tourists today. Now, there’s a mix of cafes, restaurants, souvenir shops, street performers, street merchants and other attractions for visitors, and some locals, to come enjoy. It can get really busy here and there’s usually something interesting going on so it’s a good street to come walk with your camera for guaranteed life.

4. Gorky Park

One of the most famous places in Moscow is Gorky Park. The official name is Maxim Gorky’s Central Park of Culture & Leisure, which gives you an idea of what goes on here. When built, it was the first of its kind in the Soviet Union. Divided into two parts, it stretches along Moscow River. One end contains fair rides, foods stands, tennis courts, a sports club, a lake for boat rides, and more. This end brings more active life due to its number of attractions, while the other end is more relaxed, where you’ll find gardens, trees, older buildings, and an outdoor amphitheater.

Gorky Park attracts mostly locals so it’s a good spot to capture the non-tourist side of Moscow life. Muscovites come here to escape the city and unwind in a picturesque setting. The park remains alive outside of the warmer months too, especially when the lake turns into the city’s largest outdoor skating rink. I’d recommend taking the metro out here to spend at least half a day exploring the massive park’s life with your camera.

5. Maroseyka Street

Maroseyka Street is a popular area not too far from the Red Square. The long, winding street turns into Pokrovka and is lined with restaurants, cafes, bars and places to stay. It’s actually where I like to stay when I’m in Moscow due to its location and solid street photography opportunities itself. You have Kitay-gorod station near and if you keep walking southwest, you’ll get to the Red Square. But if you walk northwest, as it changes to Pokrovka, you can find a long street of activity for photography with its own interesting atmosphere.

6. Tverskoy Boulevard

Tverskoy Boulevard is the oldest and longest boulevard in Moscow, beginning at the end of Nikitsky Boulevard, and finishing at Pushkin Square, a spot to come for activity itself. The boulevard is made up of two avenues, with pedestrian walkways in-between. You’ll find grass, shrubbery, trees, benches and more walking it’s almost kilometer length. Many people come here to enjoy some relaxation, walk their dog, or just to use it to walk wherever they’re going. Its center location also provides a nice place to walk with your camera near plenty of other spots you’ll want to check out anyway.

Sample Street Walk:

For a full day of Street Photography, covering some of the best spots, you can follow this sample street walk for Moscow:

• Start your morning walking around the Red Square (1), while exploring the surrounding area, including Nikolskaya Street
• Then walk northwest to Patriarch’s Ponds (2) and slowly walk the pond and surrounding area with your camera
• Next, walk east to the Pushkin Monument and stroll down Tverskoy Boulevard (6)
• Once Tverskoy Boulevard (6) ends, it will turn into Nikitsky Boulevard. Follow this down until you get to the start of Old Arbat Street (3), across from Arbatskaya station
• After you’re done walking down Old Arbat Street (3) for more street photography, spend some time checking out Moscow’s beautiful metro stations
• To finish off the day with more street photography, get off the metro near Red Square (1) again, Maroseyka Street (5) or wherever you’re staying for the night.

3 Things I’ll Remember about Shooting in Moscow:

1. museum metro.

The Moscow metro system was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union and today includes 203 stations across 340km of routes. The elaborate system has some of the deepest stations in the world too, with escalators that seem to go on forever. None of this is what makes it so special, though. Many of its stations feel like stepping inside a museum, making it without a doubt the most interesting and beautiful metro system I’ve been in.

When built, Stalin wanted to make the metro stations “palaces for the people” with marble, chandeliers, and grand architecture. The best part is the variety of architecture and styles used, making many of the stations a completely different experience visually. You could easily spend a whole day traveling the stations and there are even tours available for people who wish to do just that. My advice, though, would be just to buy a ticket and hop on and off at different stations, while exploring different lines. The museum-like surrounding mixed with the crowds of characters can make for a great photography experience.

Since there are so many stations, here are some of my favorites to check out:

• Novoslobodskaya
• Mayakovskaya
• Elektrozavodskaya
• Komsomolskaya
• Ploschad Revolyutsii
• Dostoyevskaya
• Prospekt Mira

2. Moscow is Big

It’s no secret that Moscow is a big city, but it can feel even bigger with how spread out much of it is. This is especially true if you compare it to cities outside of Asia. If I compared it to cities in Europe, I’d probably say only Istanbul would warrant more time to really discover the depths of this city. Most only explore around the Red Square and surrounding area, but that is such a small part of the city. Although, that central area does give you plenty to see on its own.

Fortunately, I had a good friend living in the city to show me around, but it opened up my eyes even more to how much there is to discover in Moscow. It’s a big city with a variety of atmosphere that can take you from “east” to “west” and trendy to rugged depending on where you go. I’d imagine you’d have to live here a while to really know the city.

3. Cosmopolitan Mix of East meets West

Modern skyscrapers mixed with amazing architecture, a world-class metro system with museum-like beauty, trendy fashion and chic clubs, Moscow is a rich mix of Russian culture and history in a more western cosmopolitan package. There is a push to keep the Russian culture, while also pushing forward with a modern metropolis the whole world will envy. This comes with an impressive skyline, that continues to grow, and endless modernities, but with soviet nostalgia and atmosphere mixed in for good measure.

Mixed in with this grand western cosmopolitan atmosphere, is a strong national pride in Russia. This includes their famous leader, Vladimir Putin. Maybe no other place will you see a country’s leader more often. All over, from the pricey tourist shops to the underground walkway stalls, you’ll find goods with Putin’s likeness covering them. From t-shirts to magnets to Matryoshka dolls. There’s a strong national pride that can be seen around the city, which also extends to their leader. Moscow is many things. It’s East meets West, modernizations meets Soviet era, and a whole lot more.

What To Do For a Street Photography Break?:

Eat at a stolovaya.

Stolovayas are Russian cafeterias that became popular in the Soviet days. You grab a tray and walk down the line of freshly prepared local dishes, and select whatever you want from the chefs. They’re usually inexpensive and a much better value than restaurants, while giving you the opportunity to try from a wide selection of everyday Russian food. They’re also very tasty. I always include some borsch on my tray and go from there. The places themselves are all over Moscow and usually come with Soviet-era aesthetics to complete the experience.

Street Safety Score: 7

*As always, no place is completely safe! So when I talk about safety, I’m speaking in general comparison to other places. Always take precaution, be smart, observe your surroundings and trust your instincts anywhere you go!

Being the 2nd largest city in Europe with over 12 million people, you’re going to have your dangerous areas, but for the most part, it feels safe walking around. Russia is statistically higher in crime compared to most of Europe, but this generally doesn’t apply to tourists and visitors. Around the Red Square and surrounding city center, you should feel completely safe walking around. Pick pocketing can happen, but no more than other touristic places. I always explore Moscow freely without coming across too much to worry about. It’s a spread out city, though, so of course it matters where you are. Just use basic street smarts, know where you are and Moscow shouldn’t give you a problem. 

People’s Reaction Score: 7

Moscow is fast paced, big city life, which usually means people aren’t too concerned with you, or your camera. I don’t find people notice or pay much attention to me when I’m out taking photos in Moscow. For the most part, people just go about their day. You shouldn’t get too many looks or concern. But it can depend on the area you are in. The more you stick out, the more you might get noticed with suspicions. I’ve never had any problems in Moscow, or Russia, but just be careful who you’re taking a photo of if you get out of the city center. Other than that, it’s about average for reactions. 

Street Tips:

Learn the alphabet .

Much of Moscow, including the metro system, doesn’t use english. The Russian alphabet uses letters from the Cyrillic script, which if you aren’t familiar with it and don’t know the sounds, can be hard to decipher the words. This is most important for street names and metro stops when trying to get around. It can save confusion and make it easier getting around if you learn the basic alphabet. At the very least then, you can sound out the words to see which are similar in the english conversion, which can help matching them to maps. When out shooting street photography, getting around is as important as anything. So save yourself some time and frustration by learning the Russian Alphabet.

Use the metro

While Saint-Petersburg feels very walkable for a city its size, Moscow can feel very spread out, even for its bigger size. Outside of the Red Square area, you can have plenty of walking before getting anywhere very interesting, so you’ll need to take the metro a lot if you really want to explore the city. Maps are deceiving here too, it will always be further than it looks.

Another reason it’s less walkable than Saint-Petersburg is its completely different set-up. Moscow’s streets are mostly contstructed in rings with narrow, winding streets in-between. This is common with medieval city cities that used to be confined by walls, but you usually don’t have it in a city this massive. Saint-Petersburg has a more grid-like pattern that also uses the canals to help you know your way around. When it comes to navigating on foot in Moscow, it can be more difficult, so bring a map and take the metro when needed. It’s why Moscow’s metro carries more passengers per day than the London and Paris subways combined.

Explore other areas if you have time

Moscow is really big. While most people stay around the Red Square within the Boulevard Ring, there’s so much more to the city. I covered some other spots outside of this circle, but if you really want to see the city, you’ll need time. If you do have time, some other areas I’d check out first are Zamoskvarechye, along some of the south and western Moscow.

Inspiration:

For some more inspiration, you can look through the Street Photography of Moscow photographer Artem Zhitenev  and check out 33 of my photos taken in Moscow .

Conclusion:

Moscow’s name brings a certain mystique, but once you’re there it might bring a different atmosphere than you expect. It’s big and sprawling, but beautiful in many ways. It can feel like a European capital on a grand scale, but you can definitely find its Russian side in there.

The urban sprawl of Moscow can be intimidating, but give it enough time and you’ll be rewarded with plenty to discover. All with the world’s best metro system to take you around.

I hope this guide can help you start to experience some of what Moscow contains. So grab your camera and capture all that Moscow has to offer for Street Photography!

If you still have any questions about shooting in Moscow, feel free to comment below or email me!

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