On February 24, the world changed. Panic, frustration, anxiety, fear hung in the air. At that moment I was visiting my relatives in Crimea. I have friends and relatives living in both countries in Ukraine and Russia.
To get my mind off dark thoughts and hide from the screaming news agenda, I started shooting black&white images with a half-frame camera.
When I came back to Moscow, I continued to shoot.
Tension, numerous unanswered questions led me to study various spiritual traditions and practices. In an attempt to transcend the cognition and situations of current life, I took up transcendental meditation. And the philosophical doctrine of non-duality Advaita made me think about the nature of reality.
I look through the lens of the camera detached and dispassionate without focusing on anything in particular. The pinnacle of my attention is directed inward, hoping to find a foothold. Then it is possible to detect a fold in space and time. And then reality loses its duality.