ABOUT ME

I was born and raised in Saint Petersburg, Russia. We moved to the United States in 2011 and made Miami, Florida our home.

I started photography in 2012, but it was more of a hobby at that point. My main subjects were my children and my relatives. Unfortunately, the feedback I was getting from everyone was that regardless of my talents, it wasn’t a stable profession and that I should concentrate on finding something that would bring in a stable income. It is regrettable that our society as a whole mostly deems artists in the concept of “starving artists” and that something like photography, while a wonderful source of expression, is no job at all. So I worked a regular job, which was in accounting but continued taking pictures in my free time, dreaming in secret, but also knowing that one day photography would become my primary work, business even!

In 2019 a personal tragedy has divided my life into before and after. The most important person in my life, the father of my children, passed away. It’s sad to think that that event is what pushed me to completely change my life, to realize how much value we let slip away unnoticed or too busy to enjoy and utilize, as we lead our everyday lives, and so I began living each day as if it were my last.

In August 2020, I quit my job as an accountant and, leaving sunny Florida behind, I moved my whole family to the beautiful city of Austin, Texas – a city that inspires me every day! It is in Austin that I started working as a photographer.

I strongly believe that by doing what you love, you can achieve everything, or at least a lot of what you aspire to. The inspiration is within ourselves, we just have to listen closely and feel deeply! Think less, feel more, don’t listen to what society dictates, trust yourself, do what you love – you’ll get there!

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