Photo Projects

For many years, I have enjoyed noticing intriguing details and capturing them on video or in photos using my smartphone. However, six months ago I managed to purchase a DSLR camera and took a course on Coursera from the University of Michigan, and this hobby has now reached a new level. Here are my creative experiments.

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Alexey Navalny, the most influential politician of Russia’s opposition, passed away under suspicious circumstances on February 16, while in custody at a prison located in the Yamalo-Nenets region, situated approximately 1,200 miles northeast of Moscow. His death is a tragedy, and not only for his family and like-minded people in Russia, but also for many hopers and dreamers all around the world, unconsciously believing in Navalny as a superhero who’d survived numerous other attempts of Putin to hurt or kill him.
People worldwide gathered at memorials, Russian embassies and other Russia-related places to process the loss, talk, cry, and support each other. At that moment we didn't even know if his body would be released to his mother, we weren't even sure if all that nightmare was even real. Here's how it happened in Munich.
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Istanbul is a cultural and economic hub, it's a bridge between Europe and Asia. It's one of the largest cities in the world, it's a very popular touristic place that somehow stays unique. As a Tatar, a representative of turkic people in Russia, I see so many relatable things there, but people here seem much freer than mine. Turkey looks like a dreamland to me, where turkic people managed to avoid colonisation and remarkably preserved their culture and language.
I know this country has its problems, and, unlike other touristic places in Europe I've visited, Istanbul doesn't even care to hide that. It's very forgiving to my people who come here first after escaping the regime in Russia, and that's making me more forgiving and open-minded towards Turkey too. I empathise with the struggles of Turkish people and I receive such unconditional acceptance here as well.
A couple of months ago I came to Istanbul to meet my friends from Russia who now live all over the world. My husband and I took some time to walk, breathe, watch and listen to Istanbul, and now I invite you to see what I saw.
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Photo exercises

For many years, I have enjoyed noticing intriguing details and capturing them on video or in photos using my smartphone. However, six months ago I managed to purchase a DSLR camera and took a course on Coursera from the University of Michigan, and this hobby has now reached a new level. Here are my creative experiments.

THE DAY NAVALNY WAS MURDERED

Alexey Navalny, the most influential politician of Russia’s opposition, passed away under suspicious circumstances on February 16, while in custody at a prison located in the Yamalo-Nenets region, situated approximately 1,200 miles northeast of Moscow. His death is a tragedy, and not only for his family and like-minded people in Russia, but also for many hopers and dreamers all around the world, unconsciously believing in Navalny as a superhero who’d survived numerous other attempts of Putin to hurt or kill him.

People worldwide gathered at memorials, Russian embassies and other Russia-related places to process the loss, talk, cry, and support each other. At that moment we didn't even know if his body would be released to his mother, we weren't even sureif all that nightmare was even real. Here's how it happened in Munich.

DARE TO LIVE LIKE ISTANBUL

Istanbul is a cultural and economic hub, it's a bridge between Europe and Asia. It's one of the largest cities in the world, it's a very popular touristic place that somehow stays unique. As a Tatar, a representative of turkic people in Russia, I see so many relatable things there, but people here seem much freer than mine. Turkey looks like a dreamland to me, where turkic people managed to avoid colonisation and remarkably preserved their culture and language.

I know this country has its problems, and, unlike other touristic places in Europe I've visited, Istanbul doesn't even care to hide that. It's very forgiving to my people who come here first after escaping the regime in Russia, and that's making me more forgiving and open-minded towards Turkey too. I empathise with the struggles of Turkish people and I receive such unconditional acceptance here as well.

A year ago I came to Istanbul to meet my friends from Russia who now live all over the world. My husband and I took some time to walk, breathe, watch and listen to Istanbul, and now I invite you to see what I saw.

Photo Projects

Photo exercises

The day Navalny was murdered

Dare to live like Istanbul

Photo exercises

THE DAY NAVALNY WAS MURDERED

DARE TO LIVE LIKE ISTANBUL