Discount Fuel project. Two thousands miles of ride in the south, one camera and the idea to gather visual prints of what can actually be seen in the USA. Four days to wipe out thirty years of exposure to American culture, four days to rework, reshape my vision of USA.
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…
I always loved lost places. I don’t know why, maybe because of the Stephen King’s books I was reading when I was 12 or 13, where youngs were spending all their time in special places, waiting for “it” to appear and so on. Maybe also because of my father’s garage that has always looked like Ali Baba’s cavern. When I arrive in a never visited lost place, my heart beats stronger and I wonder “what will I find this time ?”. These pictures all come from a pinhole holga, some from colour film, some from black&white film. There will be…