Documentary
In my documentary projects, I tell stories about real people, places, and the time in which they live. Through observation, personal presence, and long-term communication, I seek to show life beyond stereotypes and superficial perceptions, where the only criterion is humanism.
Invisible Children
Chegdomyn
Chuckloma
Ma chère maison
Je suis le seigneur du château
The Art of Rest
Palestinian Authority. Bethlehem. 2011. Christmas. Church of the Nativity. Coptic pilgrims.
Moscow. Church of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos. 2006. Palm Sunday, marked in the Russian tradition with branches of budding willow.
Bangkok. Bang Rak Fire Station. 2015. A resident of the historic former Customs House, later converted into the fire station, stands in the doorway.
Cambodia. Angkor Wat. 2013. Tourists and a photographer line up waiting for sunrise.
Latvia. Riga. 2007. Residents prepare for eviction under the restitution law.
Moscow. 2009. Cheerleaders prepare to perform before a CSKA basketball game.
Sergiev Posad. Russia. 2008. Youth rugby sports school.
Israel. Tel Aviv. 2006. An old man studies a jewelry shop window.
Vietnam. Saigon. 2015. Calligrapher at work.
Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur. Batu Caves. 2014. Major center of devotion to the Hindu god Murugan. A frightened boy is prepared for an initiation ritual.
Russia. Solikamsk. 2012. Children by the Kama River with a vast petrochemical plant in the background.
Kazan. 2006. Elephants near the Kazan Kremlin.
Thailand. Chiang Mai. 2015. A homeless man occupies one of the rooms of an abandoned shopping center.
Cambodia. Phnom Penh. 2015. Children near the Royal Palace.
Cambodia. Battambang Province. 2015. Bathing children.
Thailand. Border with Myanmar. 2015. Mountain stream.
Russia. Torzhok. 2014. Old house on the outskirts of the town.
Cambodia. Phnom Penh. 2015. Teachers and students in a pagoda.
Seville. 2024. Cathedral. Evening Mass. The setting of Dostoevsky’s “The Grand Inquisitor,” a work that influenced world literature.
Cambodia. Tonlé Sap Lake. 2015. A young fisherman sets out to fish at dawn.
Milan. 2025. Cathedral. Confession.
Jerusalem. 2011. Night prayer of Hasidim at the Tomb of the Prophet Zechariah.
Russia. Alexandrov. St. Lukeian Hermitage. Bus stop.
Seville. 2024. Cathedral. Dynastic wedding ceremony.
Rome. 2025. St. Peter’s Basilica. Jubilee Year. Special communal confession.
Moscow Region. Noginsk. Russia. 2018. Returning from work.
Russia. Ryazan Region. Beach near the Kiritsy estate. Repeated inscription on the panel to the left: “harm to health.”
Magnitogorsk. Russia. 2008. Monument “Rear to the Front,” the first part of a triptych dedicated to victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45. According to the concept, the sword forged by a worker on the Urals was raised by the Motherland in Stalingrad and lowered by the Liberator Warrior in Berlin.