Reportage
Reportage is not a sequence of events, but a point of tension where person, environment, and time converge. Each image here stands as a self-contained statement—a captured moment in which reality reveals itself without staging or repetition.
Unfortunately, my archives from before 2005 became inaccessible because of my forced rapid emigration from Russia, so only later photographs are published here.
Ural: The Strike 1,200 Meters Down
Dagestan: Before The Money
Goodbye, Lee Kuan Yew!
Rusborg
Funeral of Patriarch Alexy II
Bunyodkor
Kostroma: Epiphany
Yelets: Victory Without End
Volgograd: One Day, One Play
Paris. Rue de la Sorbonne. 2026. Police dispersal of a pro-Palestinian and antisemitic demonstration.
Moscow. Teatralnaya Square. 2006. Russian police officers in front of a bistro kiosk.
Russia. Moscow Region, Ramenskoye. 2007. Zenit Saint Petersburg won the Russian Premier League title, and the surge of celebrating supporters broke a police officer’s legs.
Paris. Place de la République. 2024. Demonstration in support of Ukraine in the war with Russia. In the foreground, the left-wing radical feminist group Femen.
Paris. Rue Gujas. 2023. Burning barricade of rubbish during Sorbonne student protests against pension reform.
Moscow. Leningradsky Prospekt. 2011. Rehearsal for the Victory Day parade. Armored personnel carriers pass on the right, while on the left a young woman in a sari has managed to slip through the barriers.
Moscow. Tverskaya Street. 2008. Children on the roof of a currency exchange booth watch the parade. It was the beginning of the financial crisis.
Moscow. 2006. Flea market. Very little antique furniture and objects more than a century old remain in Russia, so the main goods are Soviet-era artifacts.
Moscow. Sokolniki Expo. Tourism fair. Model hostesses return to work after lunch.
Moscow. 2007. Russian Fashion Week at Gostiny Dvor. Models backstage.
Moscow. 2006. A large family crowds into a tiny one-room apartment.
Magnitogorsk. 2008. Workers in front of the plant. In the background, red smoke caused by sulfur compounds.
Moscow. Moscow State University. 2014. Chemistry Olympiad.
Rouen. 2024. Procession from Notre-Dame Cathedral to the Seine on the feast day of Saint Joan of Arc. The Archbishop, mayor, and city officials attend as the Archbishop casts irises into the river.
Paris. Rue Gujas. 2025. Good Friday procession. In the second frame, Muslim schoolgirls put on the hijab after leaving school, where it is prohibited.
Moscow. Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Soldiers’ Sloboda. 2018. Blessing of Easter cakes before Easter.
Thailand. Chiang Mai. 2015. Thai New Year Songkran, when everyone feels obliged to drench one another and full-scale water battles erupt in the streets.
Cambodia. Tonlé Sap. Village volleyball.
Cambodia. Battambang Province. 2013. Cockfights in a village.
Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur. Batu Caves. 2014. Thaipusam festival.
Cambodia–Vietnam border. 2014. Area known for child trafficking.
Moscow. Pushkinskaya Square. 2008. A supporter hangs a Russia scarf on the Pushkin monument during spontaneous celebrations after Russia’s victory over the Netherlands at the European Championship. Paris. 2025. PSG supporters climb the statue of Joan of Arc during the night celebrations after PSG’s victory in the UEFA Champions League final.
Paris. Rue de Rivoli. 2026. Demonstration against the ayatollah regime in Iran. Most participants were Iranian émigrés in France.
Paris. Boulevard du Temple. 2024. A passerby watches the May Day demonstration.
