Small Russian village on the north of Russia. It looks like many other villages in Russia which are situated far from the capital. The same old and poor, the same far-off and the same wild. But it’s more than an ordinary Russian village. This place is like a small spot in huge Siberia. Life between various small and big lakes, between smell of high trees, loud seagulls and endless days in summer time. Fishermen, insects, dogs and ruins like everywhere. People on the North are more friendly and communicative than in other parts of the country. The traditions and history…
Author: Denis Uzdyaev
Hern42: "Discovering Unreadble's photographic work on the web was almost sheer luck; if one believes there is such thing as sheer luck. Contacting him to invite him as a guest was a total adventure, as I do not speak russian I had to guess a lot in order to find a way to reach him. Google-translation works a bit but I was afraid to insult him somehow, which would have been funny if I hadn't in mind a lot of bad movies full of stereotypes based on spys coming from the cold ... Anyhow it worked and I am now very glad to have been working with Denis on this piece."