I have been taking pictures with such thoughts for 28 years. And only recently I accepted it for myself and just take pictures for my own pleasure.

We will definitely defeat the barbarians, I will return home to the Crimea and take many more beautiful photos on film, and the collection… Well, let it be down their throats.

Due to the Russian attack on my country, I lost not only my photos, but also my collection of film cameras, which were left in Crimea and were stolen. I have only a few films left from the time before 2014, and then only by a coincidence of circumstances.

When I forget my Sekonic at home, I always have the Light Meter Tools app on my Android phone. It has never let me down, but it is paid. I haven’t used it in difficult lighting conditions, but it measures simple light well enough to rely on it.

I love photography because I can show other people the world as I see it.