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May 21, 2013

Apples, Baku

Photograph by Erik Andre Juriks, Your Shot

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The snow made me treat myself to some side streets while looking for photo opportunities on my way to work, this bitterly cold morning in Baku. The rapidly changing capital of Azerbaijan always has something in store. Just outside the centuries-old Taza Bazaar, I came across the unlikely sight of an old Soviet-era Volga brimming with golden winter apples. The strange beauty of the scene brought back childhood memories of apples carefully picked and stored in the basement of our home in Norway, and the apples turning sweeter as the months of winter went by. —Erik Andre Juriks

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Cedar Waxwing

WHY !! I can understand the basement, but the question begs, why store them in a car?

The apples are the only interesting aspect in this photo. it would have been nice to now why they are there.

Mustafa Asgarov

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@Cedar Waxwing They are collecting the apples from different cities where there are grown and bringing them to the capital to sell. Obviously, this is the cheapest and efficient way of logistics for sellers. This is one option. Other option is as Elshan said!

Elshan Haziyev

@Cedar Waxwing They store apple in a car for selling. Buyer drives through streets, yards and sells these apples to people who do not want go to market.