"I was born in Khmelnitsky (Ukraine) but then moved to Lviv.
Khmelnitsky is a place where beauty doesn’t exist, so to find something
inspirational you have to create it yourself. You have to create your own
world, otherwise you’ll become ‘one of the robots’ that can do only template
stuff. In Lviv, instead, you just have to open your eyes wider and combine your
imaginary world with its real magic."
"In 2011 I got my first camera (Canon 550. I still use it),
but I didn’t dedicate much time for that because of studying… Then for over a
year I did only concert photos, so I visited a lot of performances/festivals
and become more self-confident. The most ‘shocking’ thing for me was
understanding you actually can do great work with budget camera/lenses. You don’t
need to be a professional with technique-you-can-only-dream-about. You may have
the vision others don’t have and you can always try something new or find your own
style."
"In 2013 I’ve had a really dramatic summer and later in
autumn I was completely disappointed in a lot of things/people but I still loved
music and photography. That was the time I started to work
all-day-all-night-long doing just about anything to avoid thinking about things
I should not think about. During that
period I explored Tumblr and found photographers like Kyle Thompson, Lissy
Elle, and Brad Wagner. I just felt in love with their 365 projects. It was
exactly what I needed. A few months later I’ve seen Logan Zillmer’s project 365
and it just blew my mind and I started working harder and better. I also find
inspiration in works of such artists as Brendon Burton, Nicolas Bouvier and
Rodney Smith."
"For some time I was excited about double exposures but I was
afraid of it. I just thought I wasn’t good enough for that. But then I’ve saw
‘True Detective’ and that was it. I’ve just read one little article (no videos)
and started experimenting with layers. Then I wanted to do something of my own.
I wanted to have my style, something different from other works. So I started
to dedicate more time for finding ideas. Double exposure without vision is
nothing."
"I do have a list of ideas for new projects and some photos I
already have, but for now the main thing for me is the 365 project."
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