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Madis Puuraid
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Fragments of Estonia’s unfolding story
Mainly architecture and cityscapes
Captured on DSLR and 35mm
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The Bridge

📷 Haabersti

#estonia #tallinn #urban #landscape #photography
The image shows Haabersti’s modern high-rises under an elevated road at dusk. Strong contrasts between light and shadow highlight the area’s urban structure and quiet atmosphere.
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Stars and Standards

📷 Kopli street

#estonia #tallinn #soviet #industrial #urban #landscape #architecture #photography
Once a bustling Soviet-era furniture factory, the Standard building stands as a quiet witness to Tallinn’s industrial past. In this black-and-white nightscape, the glow of streetlights and the blur of passing trams trace the rhythm of a city that has moved beyond its history yet still carries its echoes. The image captures the intersection of time - where the utilitarian geometry of Soviet design meets the fleeting motion of modern life.
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Entrance to the Underworld

📷 Linnahall

#estonia #tallinn #brutalism #urban #landscape #architecture #photography
This black and white photograph depicts an aged service door within the geometric facade of Linnahall. The composition emphasizes symmetry, surface texture, and the quiet tension between decay and order - a study in post-Soviet architectural austerity.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Time of Teeth

📷 Uus street

#estonia #tallinn #abonded #historical #urban #landscape #architecture #photography
The black and white image captures the quiet endurance of an aging wooden house in Tallinn’s Old Town. Weathered textures and subdued tones evoke the passage of time, turning architectural decay into a quiet reflection on memory and resilience. Photograph by Madis Puuraid Tallinn, Estonia - 2025
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Echoes at Kalev

📷 Kalev´s stadium

#estonia #tallinn #urbangaze #modern #urban #landscape #architecture #photography
The first photograph turns inward, toward the stadium’s entrance pavilion - a dark, sculptural void framing a distant glimpse of the track beyond. The structure stands as both a threshold and a monument: an opening into space and time, evoking the tension between passage and permanence. Photograph by Madis Puuraid Tallinn, Estonia - 2025 The second image captures a lone runner tracing the perimeter of an empty field. The modernist skyline rises in the distance - geometric, indifferent, and still. Between motion and stasis, the scene becomes a quiet meditation on endurance within an urban landscape that has learned to wait. Photograph by Madis Puuraid Tallinn, Estonia - 2025
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Game - Set - Match

📷 Juhkentali

#estonia #tallinn #historical #urban #landscape #photography
Tucked beside the historic Kalev track and field stadium in Juhkentali, these courts - built in 1958 - remain quietly alive. Their worn surfaces and faded lines tell stories of generations who trained, competed, and gathered here. Once a symbol of athletic pride, today they stand as a humble monument to endurance and time’s gentle decay. Photograph by Madis Puuraid Tallinn, Estonia - 2025
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Structural Dialogue

📷 Arter quarter

#estonia #tallinn #urbangaze #modern #urban #landscape #architecture #photography
This black and white photograph captures the geometric precision of Tallinn’s Arter Quarter - a composition of glass and steel defined by intersecting lines and reflective planes. The monochrome palette emphasizes structure over ornament, highlighting the dialogue between transparency, rhythm, and mass. In the quiet foreground, traces of the urban park contrast with the vertical clarity of the towers, grounding the architecture within its evolving cityscape. Photograph by Madis Puuraid Tallinn, Estonia - 2025
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Early morning sleepwalkers

📷 Freedom square

#estonia #tallinn #urbangaze #modern #urban #landscape #architecture #photography
A view of Tallinn’s Freedom Square at dawn, as people make their way to work. The illuminated St. John’s Church stands at the center, framed by the vertical light pillars that define the square. The image captures the quiet transition from night to day in the city’s daily routine.
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Last

📷 Kopli lines

#estonia #tallinn #historical #industrial #urban #landscape #architecture #photography
The photograph shows the remains of a demolished residential area in the Kopli district of Tallinn. A last single brick structure stands in the center, surrounded by debris and leafless trees. Once part of a workers’ settlement, the site reflects the transition of the area from industrial past to redevelopment.
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Birdhouse

📷 Angel beach

#estonia #tallinn #minimalism #urban #landscape #soviet #architecture #photography
A concrete block rises from the sea near Tallinn’s Angel Beach, now serving as a resting place for seabirds. The image captures a quiet balance between the built environment and the slow adaptation of nature. A concrete block rises from the sea near Tallinn’s Angel Beach, now serving as a resting place for seabirds. The image captures a quiet balance between the built environment and the slow adaptation of nature.
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Munkadetagune

📷 Müürivahe

#estonia #tallinn #oldtown #medieval #urban #landscape #architecture #photography4
Theblack and white image shows Müürivahe Street in Tallinn’s Old Town, a narrow cobblestone lane running alongside the medieval city wall. At the end of the street stands the Munkadetagune Tower, part of the town’s historic fortifications. The wet pavement and overcast light highlight the textures of stone and brick characteristic of the area’s preserved architecture.
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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The quiet hill

📷 Snelli

#estonia #tallinn #historical #urban #landscape #medieval #architecture #photography
Toompea Hill rises above the still waters of Snelli Park in this quiet monochrome scene. The fading leaves and ancient walls meet in a moment of reflection - a dialogue between history and nature, permanence and change, held in the soft light of autumn.
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Summit

📷 Uus street

#estonia #tallinn #historical #city #landscape #architecture #photography
A view of Tallinn’s Old Town where medieval and early modern architecture meet. The spire of St. Olaf’s Church rises behind stone towers and 19th-century houses, reflecting the layered history of the city’s urban landscape.
November 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Gost hour

📷 Old town

#estonia #tallinn #medieval #architecture #photography
The photo shows Tallinn’s medieval tower Kiek in de Kök and the surrounding city wall at night. Street lamps cast soft light on the stone, highlighting the contrast between the illuminated walls and the dark sky - a quiet view of the Old Town’s enduring architecture.
November 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Dome

📷 Volta

#estonia #tallinn #historical #urban #landscape #modern #architecture #photography
This photograph shows an air-filled tennis dome in Tallinn’s Volta area. The image focuses on the structure’s simple geometry and contrast against the dark, overcast sky. The work highlights the intersection of temporary architecture and the city’s evolving industrial landscape.
October 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Monolith of silence

📷 Pirita

#estonia #tallinn #abonded #urban #landscape #postmodernism #architecture #photography
Built for the 1980 Moscow Olympics, the Pirita TOP Hotel once represented modernist progress and optimism. Now unused and slowly decaying, it stands as a reminder of a different era. This photograph highlights the building’s sharp geometry and raw concrete surfaces, capturing its transition from landmark to relic — a quiet monument to changing times.
October 31, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Still perimeter

📷 Paljassaare

#estonia #tallinn #urban #nature #landscape #photography
Taken at the Paljassaare Nature Reserve in Tallinn, this image captures a calm shoreline under overcast skies. The long exposure smooths the water’s surface, while the distant observation tower stands as a quiet marker between nature and human presence.
October 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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High five

📷 Kalaranna

#estonia #tallinn #minimalistic #modern #urban #landscape #architecture #photography
This photograph captures the redeveloped Kalaranna area in Tallinn, where old industrial elements meet modern urban design. The tall smokestack and metal structures reflect the site’s industrial past, while the open space and clean lines show its transformation into a public waterfront area.
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The boatman

📷 Viljandi

#estonia #viljandi #urban #nature #landscape #photography
A solitary figure rows across Lake Viljandi on a quiet winter day. The snow-covered shore and misty background create a sense of stillness and distance. The black-and-white tones highlight the calm and isolation of the scene.
October 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Layers of Rakvere

📷 Rakvere

#estonia #rakvere #historic #urban #landscape #modern #architecture #photography
A view of Rakvere’s old town where historic and modern architecture meet. The photograph captures the town’s layered character through the contrast of the ornate tower and contemporary forms, framed by early spring branches.
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Night passage

📷 Putukaväil

#estonia #tallinn #urbannvironment #yagisuki #modern #architecture #photography
A wooden, Yakisugi-finished frame along Putukaväil, photographed at night. The illuminated edges and shadows emphasize the structure’s geometric form and the rhythm created by the walkway lighting.
October 25, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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The garden of earthly...

📷 City central

#estonia #tallinn #modern #urban #landscape #architecture #photography
A quiet moment in the heart of Tallinn - where modern architecture meets the rhythm of public space. The clean geometry of the new restaurant contrasts with the organic calm of the theatre playground. In monochrome, reflections and shadows merge, blurring time and place, inviting contemplation within the city’s quiet pulse.
October 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Shades of Tallinn

📷 Old town

#estonia #tallinn #medieval #urban #landscape #architecture #photography
The black and white image showcases a collection of historical structures, likely churches or medieval buildings, rising above a dense cluster of trees. The architecture features pointed spires, rounded domes, and tiled roofs, all rendered in varying shades of gray. The sky is filled with textured clouds, adding depth and dimension to the scene. The foreground consists of the dark silhouettes of tree branches, which frame the architectural details and create a contrast between natural and man-made elements.
October 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Storm runners

📷 Old town

#estonia #tallinn #medieval #urban #landscape #architecture #photography
Pedestrians move through a narrow street in Tallinn’s Old Town during a winter storm, passing scaffolding and historic façades under the glow of street lamps.
October 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Whispers of wind

📷 Vooremaa

#estonia #vooremaa #abstract #nature #landscape #photography
A wooden path leads through the quiet reeds of Vooremaa, captured in soft motion beneath a bright northern sun. The stillness of the walkway contrasts with the blurred landscape, evoking a fleeting balance between light, time, and memory.
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM