After the USSR collapse, a nation of 293 million began the long search for new identities. Russia's actions in 2014 sparked a revival of the imperial sentiment resulting in a stream of volunteers going to Donbass.
On their return they’ve found themselves in limbo, trying to fit in the world off the battlefield. Traumatized, ignored by the state and society, they created a parallel reality where the war is still going on.
These are the men who were led to the battlefield by a narrative promoted by government only to find themselves back where they started, searching for an identity.
Born in 1983. After almost a decade of working as a writing journalist started to study documentary photography in 2015. Participated in the Summer School photography workshop by Andrei Polikanov in 2016. In 2017 participated in the 30th anniversary Eddie Adams Workshop. Also in 2017 was selected as on of the nominees for Photogrvphy Grant.
My first project was completed in 2016 and published by the New York Times Lens blog. My other works were published by such media as The Los Angeles Times, La Presse, Jyllands-Posten, Takie Dela Media etc.
