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Spring Cult of Shades, or Film vs. Statues
(LOMO LC-A + Svema A‑2Sh film)

Glass becomes the film.
You’re inside, but not quite whole.
Profile waits to speak.

#filmphotography #lomolca #svemaa2sh #svema #expiredfilm #bnw #35mm #streetportrait #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #bwfilm #absurdism
"The Enlightened Hipster" Bronze in Lennon shades — Lomonosov scans the park. Film whispers: revolt. Technical Credits: Location: Moscow, Muzeon Arts Park Photographer: Yury Yakovenko Model: Andrew Barkhatov (photo reporter) Camera: LOMO LC‑A Film: Svema A‑2Sh (expired in 2003) Date Taken: 06 May 2017 Scanner: Epson Perfection 4490 Photo (with VueScan) Notes: Scanned from the original negative, no post‑processing applied; presented as is. Spring Looks Up at Me Spring beneath my feet. Film knows exactly who I am. Sky drops the curtain. Technical Credits: Location: Moscow, Muzeon Arts Park Photographer: Yury Yakovenko Model: Andrew Barkhatov (photo reporter) Camera: LOMO LC‑A Film: Svema A‑2Sh (expired in 2003) Date Taken: 06 May 2017 Scanner: Epson Perfection 4490 Photo (with VueScan) Notes: Scanned from the original negative, no post‑processing applied; presented as is.
December 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Film & Flesh: A Chronicle of Spring Madness
(LOMO LC-A + Svema A‑2Sh film)

Spring strips for the film.
Shadows taste her tender skin.
My beard laughs softly.

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"Dialogue with Youth" Spring’s not meant for me. Youth stays silent, cast in bronze. Beard stares through the glass. Technical Credits: Location: Moscow, Muzeon Arts Park Photographer: Yury Yakovenko Model: Andrew Barkhatov (photo reporter) Camera: LOMO LC‑A Film: Svema A‑2Sh (expired in 2003) Date Taken: 06 May 2017 Scanner: Epson Perfection 4490 Photo (with VueScan) Notes: Scanned from the original negative, no post‑processing applied; presented as is. "Sunglass Ritual" Shades on naked bronze — learning how to see the sun. Shadow grins behind. Technical Credits: Location: Moscow, Muzeon Arts Park Photographer: Yury Yakovenko Model: Andrew Barkhatov (photo reporter) Camera: LOMO LC‑A Film: Svema A‑2Sh (expired in 2003) Date Taken: 06 May 2017 Scanner: Epson Perfection 4490 Photo (with VueScan) Notes: Scanned from the original negative, no post‑processing applied; presented as is. “Soviet Youth Got Style” Youth wears tinted glass — spring won’t recognize our face. Film stays still, then hums. Technical Credits: Location: Moscow, Muzeon Arts Park Photographer: Yury Yakovenko Model: Andrew Barkhatov (photo reporter) Camera: LOMO LC‑A Film: Svema A‑2Sh (expired in 2003) Date Taken: 06 May 2017 Scanner: Epson Perfection 4490 Photo (with VueScan) Notes: Scanned from the original negative, no post‑processing applied; presented as is. "Spring Fever, or How I Harassed the Bronze" Spring feels like a case. Bronze offered no resistance. Shades — a soft disguise. Technical Credits: Location: Moscow, Muzeon Arts Park Photographer: Yury Yakovenko Model: Andrew Barkhatov (photo reporter) Camera: LOMO LC‑A Film: Svema A‑2Sh (expired in 2003) Date Taken: 06 May 2017 Scanner: Epson Perfection 4490 Photo (with VueScan) Notes: Scanned from the original negative, no post‑processing applied; presented as is.
December 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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“He smiles as if he knows you’ll change” (Ilford PAN 400)

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He Laughs, But the Beard Remembers Being a Pirate Flag in a Past Life This man is like a ballad character, but with scissors instead of a sword. His beard is a challenge, his smile an invitation. He doesn’t just cut — he creates. To reach him is to enter a legend, where hair becomes image and beard becomes voice. Beard laughs gently, hands sketch out the face anew — the master’s not alone. (Portrait of master hairdresser Evgeny Kopelovich — a versatile stylist working with both men and women. Known as a gifted artist of hair and beard design, he’s not easy to book. Behind his fierce appearance lies a gentle nature and a refined sense of form.) _____ 📷 Technical Credits: Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 11, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan)
December 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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“A monument is a nest, if you know how to look” (Ilford PAN 400)

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Birds Sit Like Drops That Can’t Fall into the Sky—Waiting for Wind to Write a Word Rublev’s monument is not an image, but an attempt to listen. His face was never preserved, and bronze doesn’t know how he looked. But the birds know where to sit. They come to him like to an icon painter who still paints — not with pigment, but with silence. No face was preserved, but birds redraw him each day — memory sleeps in feathers. _____ 📷 Technical Credits: Series: Andronikov Necropolis: Memory on Film Locations: Square in front of the former Andronikov Monastery entrance Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 11, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan)
December 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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“The photo is a mirror that forgot itself” (Ilford PAN 400)
2018.10.17

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #ilfordpan400 #ilfordphoto #autumn #autumnmood #believeinfilm #bnw #filmisnotdead #bwfilm #noieretblanc #classicmono #monochrome #film #streetphotography @ilfordphoto.com
“Autumn listens, silence turns to music” (Ilford PAN 400) (He Thinks: ‘Who Am I?’—Wind Says: ‘You’re the One Who Left a Leaf on the Bench’) The bench ain’t a bench—it’s a monument to how humans forget they’re part of the woods. He leaned back, and his shadow, tired of questions, went off to build a house from fallen leaves. The backpack, crouched beside him, grumbles like a grandpa who forgot how to stand: “I remember being a leaf that fell wrong.” And the wind, slitherin’ through the trees, repeats: “No time here—just moments shakin’ like leaves under the feet of those who ain’t trees yet.” Bench keeps its silence, man listens to shadow’s breath — autumn beats in time. Location: Patriarchal Compound Courtyard, Church of the Intercession, Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo, Moscow Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 17, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan) Notes: The film rested in unknown conditions, like a letter without an address. This roll unfolds as a chorus of autumn voices: people resting in courtyards, dogs listening to silence, logs breathing in shadow, and ponds mirroring the sky. Pokrovskoye‑Streshnevo gathers them all — estate, churchyard, reserve — into one layered pause. "Autumn’s a House Where Doors Grow from Fallen Leaves" (Ilford PAN 400) (Leaves have fallen, yet autumn hangs on. Man Crouched to Be a Dog. Dog Thought: ‘Am I Human Now?’) In the churchyard, autumn sets the stage: leaves as scenery, people as actors, the dog both audience and player. The man crouched to get below the clouds, but clouds left, leaving just leaves and the question: “Who’s alive here?”. The Samoyed’s gaze climbs upward, waiting for words that haven’t been spoken yet: “I remember being human. Or was it you?” And the thick air, heavy with forgotten words, murmurs: “Time ain’t a river—it’s a ladder built from leaves, till you fall.” Black-and-white film turns the moment into a parable of attention and quiet. Samoyed listening, man whispering through the leaves — autumn keeps the sound. Location: Patriarchal Compound Courtyard, Church of the Intercession, Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo, Moscow Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 17, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan) Notes: The film rested in unknown conditions, like a letter without an address. This roll unfolds as a chorus of autumn voices: people resting in courtyards, dogs listening to silence, logs breathing in shadow, and ponds mirroring the sky. Pokrovskoye‑Streshnevo gathers them all — estate, churchyard, reserve — into one layered pause. “Dogs listen to silence, leaves listen to dogs” (Ilford PAN 400) (Left Dog Whispers: ‘I Fell Into the Past’—Right Dog: ‘I’m the Future, But It’s Brittle’) Left Dog Thinks: ‘I’m a Brick.’ Right Dog Says: ‘I’m a Leaf That Fell Wrong’. Leaves Whisper: ‘Sit, While We Decide If We’re a Path’—Dogs Nod, But Can’t Hear. Blur’s When Two Dogs Argue: Who’s Human, Who’s a Curb? Dogs keep their silence, curb holding their quiet rest — ]autumn is listening. Location: Patriarchal Compound Courtyard, Church of the Intercession, Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo, Moscow Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 17, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan) Notes: The film rested in unknown conditions, like a letter without an address. This roll unfolds as a chorus of autumn voices: people resting in courtyards, dogs listening to silence, logs breathing in shadow, and ponds mirroring the sky. Pokrovskoye‑Streshnevo gathers them all — estate, churchyard, reserve — into one layered pause.
December 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Patriarchal Compound Courtyard in Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo, Moscow (Ilford PAN 400) 2018
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“GIRL! LOGS! AUTUMN!” (Ilford PAN 400) (Blur’s Fall’s Dance with Dark—Every Step’s a Leaf, Music’s Silence) Blur ain’t a flaw—it’s time’s tear that never dried. Girl sits on logs that used to be trees, now silent like they forgot how to whisper in leaves. The logpile’s a calendar stacked backward—each log a day that fell but didn’t break. And the wind, slitherin’ through cracks, grumbles: “Even mistakes turn true here—if you stare through the leaves.” Logs stacked in silence, girl listening to the shadow — autumn blurs the light. Location: Patriarchal Compound Courtyard, Church of the Intercession, Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo, Moscow Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 17, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan) Notes: The film rested in unknown conditions, like a letter without an address. This roll unfolds as a chorus of autumn voices: people resting in courtyards, dogs listening to silence, logs breathing in shadow, and ponds mirroring the sky. Pokrovskoye‑Streshnevo gathers them all — estate, churchyard, reserve — into one layered pause. “Autumn hides in the cracks of bark” (Ilford PAN 400) (Each Log’s a Day That Fell Back—But Never Reached Now) Blur ain’t a flaw—it’s time’s tear that never dried. Girl sits on logs that used to be trees, now silent like they forgot how to whisper in leaves. The logpile’s a calendar stacked backward—each log a day that fell but didn’t break. And the wind, slitherin’ through cracks, grumbles: “Even mistakes turn true here—if you stare through the leaves.” Logs stacked in silence, girl listening to the shadow — autumn blurs the light. Location: Patriarchal Compound Courtyard, Church of the Intercession, Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo, Moscow Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 17, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan) Notes: The film rested in unknown conditions, like a letter without an address. This roll unfolds as a chorus of autumn voices: people resting in courtyards, dogs listening to silence, logs breathing in shadow, and ponds mirroring the sky. Pokrovskoye‑Streshnevo gathers them all — estate, churchyard, reserve — into one layered pause.
December 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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“The earth knows names not carved in stone” (Ilford PAN 400)
2018.10.15

#ilfordpan400 #FilmPhotography #ilfordphoto #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #noieretblanc #classicmono #monochrome #bnw #documentary #phojournalism #cemetery #gravecross #cross #bnwzone #35mm #film @ilfordphoto.com
“Silence watches over her shoulder” (Ilford PAN 400) She Draws But Doesn’t See—Trees Turn to Crosses, Wind Becomes Voices of the Gone. The third frame is an epilogue with no ending. She draws not what she sees, but what the earth remembers. Her pencil glides like a shadow that can’t find its place. Lines torn from the air become crosses, the notebook a bridge between what war and revolutions took and what trees gave back. She doesn’t know whose names these lines write—but feels the ground tremble beneath her, ready to yield what it’s held for centuries. Air here is thick with silent words, and every stroke is a cry that never flew away. Pencil slides softly, memory steps out of shadow — she is not alone. ___ 📷 Technical Credits: Series: Andronikov Necropolis: Memory on Film Locations: Necropolis of the Andronikov Monastery Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 11, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan) “Crosses stand like voices, forgotten and returned” (Ilford PAN 400) Wood keeps the names, earth keeps the breath. Air Here’s Thick with Words Never Said—Heavier Than Shadows. The first frame of the triptych is like the first line of a prayer. The crosses, set where forgotten graves once were, stand as guards between past and present. Their shadows, longer than time, stretch toward the earth where heroes once rested—now only wind remembers their names. Leaves falling on stone carry voices of those who never lived to see restoration. Here, memory isn’t a recollection—it’s a shadow that never fades. It rustles in the cracks of crosses: “We didn’t leave. We just became trees to keep breathing. Crosses in day’s shade, names breathing without a sound — the earth remembers. ___ 📷 Technical Credits: Series: Andronikov Necropolis: Memory on Film Locations: Necropolis of the Andronikov Monastery Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 11, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan) “The earth knows names not carved in stone” (Ilford PAN 400) Air’s Thick with Words That Fell into Grass—But Couldn’t Become Voices The second frame answers the first. A white cross stands in shadow, yet becomes a source of light. It doesn’t mark a grave — it marks return. The space around it is not just forest, but a temple of memory, where every shadow is a name, and every beam a voice. White cross in shadow, a prayer without sound — light remembers the names. ___ 📷 Technical Credits: Series: Andronikov Necropolis: Memory on Film Locations: Necropolis of the Andronikov Monastery Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 11, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan)
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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“The prayer echoes, even if forgotten” (Ilford PAN 400)
Church in the name of the Holy Grand Duke Dimitri Donskoy
2018.10.11

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Dome Reflects the Sky—But the Mirror Shows Only the Shadow of What’s Lost The chapel, built from memories, stands as a question with no answer. Its new dome, old in spirit, catches clouds—but they carry only the shadow of what once was. Trees circling it rustles the story archives never wrote: they remember how stones screamed when torn down, how ash prayed in the rain. Time here doesn’t flow—it lies in wall cracks like a broken arrow, whispering: “I won’t leave. I’ll become a root to keep remembering.” The chapel stands still, but its roots lie in the shadows — a prayer without words. ___ 📷 Technical Credits: Series: Andronikov Necropolis: Memory on Film Locations: Necropolis of the Andronikov Monastery Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 11–17, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan) _____ Chapel of Dmitry Donskoy at the Andronikov Monastery Built between 2005–2015 on the site of the original 1380 chapel, erected to honor the victory at Kulikovo Field. Located on the grounds of the former monastic necropolis, where warriors of the Battle of Kulikovo and other conflicts were buried. Consecrated on January 20, 2016. Architect: Anatoly Vasilievich Klimochkin. A modern religious structure, not a historical reconstruction, but a memorial to the fallen.
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Autumn lies at the base, silence rises up” (Ilford PAN 400)
...Gothic is light hidden in shadow...

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“Wings as Shadow, Flower as Question, Pillar as Silence” (Ilford PAN 400) (“Angel Stands. Time Lies at His Feet—Like Shoes Without an Owner”) The angel leans on the column, looking for support in stone but finding it in silence. In the hand, a flower that can’t fade—it’s already part of forever. Fallen leaves at the base are a calendar nobody flips. In black-and-white, grief turns into music that only the photograph can hear. Angel on the stone, flower trembling in the hush, autumn leaves below. __ Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery (Foreign Confessions Cemetery), Lefortovo, Moscow Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 15, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan) Notes: The film rested in unknown conditions, like a letter without an address. Silver and chemistry entered into dialogue with autumn: grain softened, contrast grew hesitant, tonal shifts carried the flavor of both decay and light. Each frame is less a document than a conversation between time and stone, with chance conducting the score. This roll is not a record but a ritual: emulsion whispering with fallen leaves, shadows rehearsing eternity. Grain softened, contrast bent, tones shifted like voices in a choir of silence. Each frame carries its own autumn, its own stillness, its own stubborn memory. “The necropolis breathes, its breath smells of time” (Ilford PAN 400) (“Angel Holds Cross—But Heaven’s Door Has No Knob”) Trees ain’t growin’ here—they’re guardin’ forgotten promises. Angel’s holdin’ a cross, but in his hand’s a clock spring that’ll never stop tickin’. Grave shadows creep like cats, hissin’: “We were alive once—till we became shadows.” And the wind, slitherin’ through the branches, repeats: “Time ain’t a river. It’s a nail hammered into your heart every damn day. Fences and gravestones, worn and new, join in a chorus where every voice is stone. This isn’t just a monument; it’s a stage where eternity takes the lead role. Angel with the cross, forest whispers gothic hymns, echoes of autumn. __ Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery (Foreign Confessions Cemetery), Lefortovo, Moscow Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 15, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan) Notes: The film rested in unknown conditions, like a letter without an address. Silver and chemistry entered into dialogue with autumn: grain softened, contrast grew hesitant, tonal shifts carried the flavor of both decay and light. Each frame is less a document than a conversation between time and stone, with chance conducting the score. This roll is not a record but a ritual: emulsion whispering with fallen leaves, shadows rehearsing eternity. Grain softened, contrast bent, tones shifted like voices in a choir of silence. Each frame carries its own autumn, its own stillness, its own stubborn memory.
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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“Silence in conversation”(Ilford PAN 400)
Stone mother waiting, angel leaning into sleep — breath caught in silence
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“Trees whisper, crosses hush, statue listens” («Leaves Whisper: “Rest, Dead Ones—We’re Just Ghosts in Light”») The stone remembers what the trees forgot. The angel, slipped off her shoulder, whispers: “Bored of being forever.” Flowers are fake eyes staring into the void where time trips over its own shadow. Here, where the wind’s last name is “Eternity”, every brick of the grave groans: “Why’d you mold me from ash?” And the stone mother, hugging the angel like a loaf of bread, murmurs: “I ain’t crying. I’m just holding the door open.” __ Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery (Foreign Confessions Cemetery), Lefortovo, Moscow Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 15, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan) Notes: The film rested in unknown conditions, like a letter without an address. Silver and chemistry entered into dialogue with autumn: grain softened, contrast grew hesitant, tonal shifts carried the flavor of both decay and light. Each frame is less a document than a conversation between time and stone, with chance conducting the score. This roll is not a record but a ritual: emulsion whispering with fallen leaves, shadows rehearsing eternity. Grain softened, contrast bent, tones shifted like voices in a choir of silence. Each frame carries its own autumn, its own stillness, its own stubborn memory. "Statue’s Eyes See What Her Hand Holds: Time" (“Stone whispers, nobody’s tuned in”) Close-up = time forgets to breathe. The statue’s face, carved from ash, stares not at the grave but at a branch where a bird sits, undecided if it’s alive or stone. The angel sleeps, cheek pressed to shoulder—its wings just a crack in the rock. Here, death murmurs: “I ain’t the end. Just a shadow that forgot how to be light.” __ Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery (Foreign Confessions Cemetery), Lefortovo, Moscow Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629) Film: Ilford PAN 400 (expired, storage unknown, exposed at nominal ISO) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Pakon F235+ (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: October 15, 2018 (exposure) / August 13, 2022 (scan) Notes: The film rested in unknown conditions, like a letter without an address. Silver and chemistry entered into dialogue with autumn: grain softened, contrast grew hesitant, tonal shifts carried the flavor of both decay and light. Each frame is less a document than a conversation between time and stone, with chance conducting the score. This roll is not a record but a ritual: emulsion whispering with fallen leaves, shadows rehearsing eternity. Grain softened, contrast bent, tones shifted like voices in a choir of silence. Each frame carries its own autumn, its own stillness, its own stubborn memory.
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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“He built a house, and the trees became its walls” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.11

#FilmPhotography #KodakPlusX #ClassicMono #bwfilm #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #VvedenskoyeCemetery #RussianHistory #architecture #necropolis #cemetery #bnw #graveyard #filmphoto #monochrome #documentary
"Love Laid in Stone" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Oval crypt. The words have faded — but the stone remembers. 2022.08.11 This is the crypt of Emilia Bykovskaya (1801–1841) — an oval chapel built by her husband, architect Mikhail Bykovsky, after her sudden death in childbirth. Here, stone is not just material — it’s the shape of grief. The French and Latin inscriptions are nearly erased, but the structure still speaks. Even in decay — it remembers. P.S. The architect also dedicated to her an annex to a Catholic church — but it didn’t survive. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 11, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Captured during twilight, as the sun set, weaving shadows and silence into the frames. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and the quiet melancholy of dusk. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay. "A House Where Shadows Live" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Dome and cross. The trees’ shadows know — this is memory’s home. 2022.08.11 The Amlong family chapel — a domed shrine among trees. Built by architect Fyodor Amlong as a house for memory. His mother, son, wife, and descendants rest here. The inscription “Familia Amlong” feels like a password to silence. Even the forest seems to guard the family’s shadow. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 11, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Captured during twilight, as the sun set, weaving shadows and silence into the frames. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and the quiet melancholy of dusk. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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"Statues Don’t Know They’re Memorials" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
The angel leans. The girl walks through the dusk — stone holds no power.
2022.08.11

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"The Angel Doesn’t Ask. She Simply Remembers" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) 2022.08.11 At Vvedenskoye Necropolis — an angel with flowers leans toward a tomb. We don’t know who lies here. Maybe the name faded. Maybe it never reached us. But someone knows. Perhaps soon, we will too. For now, the gesture remains. Memory doesn’t need a biography. It simply arrives — with flowers, with wings, with shadow. Technical Credits: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow. August 11, 2022, at sunset hour. Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) "Twilight Couldn’t Swallow Her" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Twilight at Vvedenskoye. A white figure bursts from the tombstone. She didn’t vanish. 2022.08.11 The sun nearly gone. Twilight at Vvedenskoye. And suddenly — a white figure of a woman bursts from the tombstone. As if walking through the dark. We don’t know who she is. But she remained. The stone couldn’t hold her. The light couldn’t swallow her. Technical Credits: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow. August 11, 2022, at sunset hour. Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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"Shadows That Remember, Light That Forgets" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
Crosses embrace. A name lost in leafy shade — memory stays quiet
2022.08.11

#VvedenskoyeCemetery #RussianHistory #Minimalism #FilmPhotography #KodakPlusX #ClassicMono #bwfilm #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #documentary #film
"The Stone Between Them Knows More Than We Do" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Two crosses lean toward each other. Light and shadow form a third figure. Memory doesn’t need a biography. 2022.08.11 At Vvedenskoye — two crosses leaning toward each other, as if continuing a conversation. Between them, a stone with names, but the gesture matters more than the text. Light filters through the leaves, shadow settles between them like a third memory. This isn’t a grave — it’s a dialogue. Technical Credits: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow. August 11, 2022, at sunset hour. Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) ________________ Svetlana Vladimirovna (1925–2000) Konstantin Nikolaevich (1921–2016) This is the tomb of the Baransky family — two crosses leaning toward each other, as if in an embrace. Between them — a stone with names: Svetlana Vladimirovna (1925–2000) and Konstantin Nikolaevich (1921–2016). The monument has no complex decorative elements — only simplicity and emotion. Shot on expired Kodak Plus-X 125. Moscow, 2022. #VvedenskoyeCemetery #RussianHistory #Minimalism #FilmPhotography "Fame Doesn’t Shine Through Leaves" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Lucien Olivier’s grave lies in shadow. His salad lives in every kitchen. Today, the light didn’t choose him. 2022.08.11 At Vvedenskoye Cemetery lies Lucien Olivier, the chef whose name became a salad. But at this hour, the light didn’t choose him. His grave is nearly swallowed by shadow, while a nearby unknown cross glows in sunlight. Fame doesn’t shine through leaves. Memory chooses chance. Technical Credits: Vvedenskoye Cemetery Necropolis, Moscow. August 11, 2022, at sunset hour. Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan)
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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"Voice and Face" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
One speaks for those who are gone. The other stays silent for herself. Both remain.
2022.08.11

#FilmPhotography #KodakPlusX #VvedenskoyeCemetery #ClassicMono #bwfilm #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #sculpture #documentary #phojournalism #cemetery #film
"Poet. Character. Memory". (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) He’s not the hero, but gave her voice — and now she stands. 2022.08.11 Vvedenskoye Cemetery. On poet Isaac Borisov’s tomb, it’s not his likeness but the heroine of his poems. A girl in Red Army uniform stands as the voice of memory. The inscription — “Don’t say he died. No, he fell in battle” — turns the monument into a poetic manifesto. She’s not the poet. She’s the character he wrote. A face carved in stone, a name borrowed from verse. Now she stands alone — silent, remembered, as if the poem outlived the poet. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery. Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 11, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay. "The Bird That Didn’t Get to Fly" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Her name remains. Her face — in stone. All else is guesswork. 2022.08.11 Katyusha Pavlova. 1967–198?. All we know is a name, some years, and a face carved in stone. She left life young, and no one told her story. Maybe she simply lived. Maybe she loved. Maybe she dreamed. But someone placed this stone. Which means — she mattered. At least to one person. Which means — she matters. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery. Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 11, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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"Threshold and Silence" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
📝 One in the shade, the other at the doorway. Memory does not sleep.
2022.08.11

#FilmPhotography #KodakPlusX #VvedenskoyeCemetery #HistoricMonument #RussianHistory #ClassicMono #bwfilm #believeinfilm #documentary #phojournalism #blackandwhite
“She weeps, the crypt listens, the lamp stays silent.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) 2022.08.11 Grief Frozen on the Step. Vvedenskoye Cemetery. Tomb of the Fuld family. A marble mourner sits by the crypt, as if waiting for time to start moving again. __ Among Lutheran graves, a marble mourner sits — the tomb of merchant Robert Fuld’s family. Her posture embodies grief, her veil breathes through stone. Created in the 1920s, the monument became a symbol of memory that outlasted eras and decay. __ The mourner sleeps, the lamp never burns out — time does not move. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay. “She stands at the door, and memory holds the key.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) 2022.08.11 The flower is gone, the legend remains. At Vvedenskoye Cemetery, the bronze figure by the Plo family crypt is no portrait — it’s allegory. Leon and Sophie died two days apart, and their children commissioned a monument where grief stands at the door. The flower is gone, but the living bring new ones — a gesture of memory, not myth. __ She is not Sophie, but stands at her doorway — the flower awaits a hand. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay. “She stands at the door, and memory holds the key.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) 2022.08.11 The flower is gone, the legend remains. At Vvedenskoye Cemetery, the bronze figure by the Plo family crypt is no portrait — it’s allegory. Leon and Sophie died two days apart, and their children commissioned a monument where grief stands at the door. The flower is gone, but the living bring new ones — a gesture of memory, not myth. __ She is not Sophie, but stands at her doorway — the flower awaits a hand. Technical Credits: Location: Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.
October 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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“The cat just lies there, and time takes the scenic route.”
The cat stretched a paw. The paw stretched time. Time stretched us.
(Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.13

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #donskoymonastery #cat #believeinfilm #documentary #phojournalism #KodakPlusX #bnw #animal #mood
“The cat rests, the bench thinks, the bushes whisper of eternity.” In the Donskoy Monastery necropolis, a new character appears — a black cat. Resting on a bench, he seems the master of shadows and sunlight. His pose carries irony, his eyes fire, and the frame breathes with the spirit of Bulgakov’s Moscow. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay. “The cat sleeps on the wooden bench, and the bench sleeps on the earth.” Donskoy Monastery. The same cat, closer now. He sleeps as if he knows all the necropolis’ secrets. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.
October 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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"One cross in the sun, the other replies in shade — silence starts to sing" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.13

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #donskoymonastery #cross #believeinfilm #documentary #phojournalism #KodakPlusX #bnw #filmphoto #monochrome #bwfilm #bnwzone #necropolis #cemetery
“The cross rises from shadow, the sun bows to stone.” In the Donskoy Monastery necropolis, crosses turn into a theater of light and shadow. One stands like an actor, lit by the sun and framed by darkness. Stone and light argue about eternity, while the viewer remains silent. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay. “Three bars! Three strikes! Three times eternity!” In the Donskoy Monastery necropolis, crosses speak to each other. One in sunlight, the other in shadow. This Orthodox cross, with its slanted bar, seems to guard the balance between earth and sky, light and darkness. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.
October 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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"The Urn's All Ears, The Tree's Got Secrets, The Film Remembers" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.13

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #donskoymonastery #documentary #phojournalism #KodakPlusX #RussianHistory #believeinfilm #bnw #filmphoto #documentary #phojournalism #monochrome #bwfilm #bnw
“The woman weeps, the urn listens, the bricks think of something else.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) She leans on the urn, and time leans on her. This is the tomb of Vasily Dunin (1793–1812), a 19‑year‑old ensign who fell at Borodino. In the Donskoy Monastery, bronze and stone turn a personal tragedy into an eternal symbol of remembrance. __ The “Mourner” by the urn was a popular 19th‑century motif, embodying grief and loss. Bronze and stone turn a personal tragedy into an eternal symbol of remembrance. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay. “A tree with no branches but with secrets; marble grows while time dries out.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Donskoy Monastery. Tomb of Vasily Karachinsky. A marble tree with severed branches — symbol of a broken line, a life cut short. Masonic undertone? Perhaps. Either way, a rare cemetery metaphor. (In the Donskoy Monastery Necropolis stands a rare monument — a marble tree with severed branches. It marks the grave of Vasily Karachinsky (1751–1793), a Freemason and veteran of the Russo-Turkish war. A symbol of a broken line and a life cut short, it blends 19th‑century funerary fashion with the hidden codes of its age) Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.
October 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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"Woman Wrapped in the Circle of Forever" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
Tomb of I. A. Alekseev (1816) #donskoymonastery
2022.08.13

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #bwfilm #KodakPlusX #RussianHistory #believeinfilm #bnw #filmphoto #ClassicMono #noiretblanc #documentary #phojournalism
“She holds the cross, and we hold our breath.” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, 1816. Ivan Martos casts grief in bronze: a woman with a cross, a medallion with Alekseev’s face. Eternity is posing, and we’re just peeking in. _____ This tomb, created by I.P. Martos in 1816, honors Ivan Alekseev (1750–1816), a State Council member. The central figure is “Faith,” holding a cross and supporting a portrait medallion — one of Martos’s first “dogmatic” memorials. The cross was stolen in the 1950s… but restorers brought it back — and even gave the statue a little “makeover.” Shot on expired Kodak Plus-X 125. Moscow, 2022. #DonskoyCemetery #RussianHistory #Classicism #FilmPhotography “Cross! Face! Forever!” (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125) Beneath the arches of an old Moscow monastery, a bronze woman leans on a cross—Martos’s 1816 monument to Ivan Alekseev. Pure neoclassical poetry: a grieving figure and a portrait medallion. The sorrow feels direct and distinct, like summer thunder—silent now, but alive. __ At Moscow’s Donskoy Cemetery: the tomb of Ivan Alekseev: Figure of “Faith” with a cross — symbol of belonging to the Church. Portrait medallion. The cross was stolen in the 1950s… but restorers brought it back — and even gave the statue a little “makeover.” Shot on expired Kodak Plus-X. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.
October 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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"The Angels They Brought Back" (Kodak Professional Plus-X 125)
2022.08.13

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #bwfilm #KodakPlusX #HistoricMonument #MourningArt #DonskoyCemetery #RussianHistory #Classicism #believeinfilm #bnw #filmphoto #ClassicMono #noiretblanc #documentary #phojournalism
"The Angel Who Prayed for Everyone But Himself" This angel isn’t just decoration. He’s praying. For Sofya Tutolmina (1772–1833), the senator’s wife who raised a foundling boy and left him her fortune. For her husband Ivan Vasilyevich (1760–1839). For their childless life, full of love. Tomb, 1839, sculptor I.P. Vitali. Lost in the 1920s, restored in 2019. Here he is again, in summer sun, shot on expired Kodak Plus-X 125. Moscow, 2022. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay. "The Weeping Cupids of the Baryshnikova Tomb" This tomb in Moscow’s Donskoy Cemetery belongs to Elizaveta Ivanovna Baryshnikova (1772–1806) — a noblewoman, mother of 13 children (6 died in infancy), who passed away at 34, half a year after giving birth to her last child. Designed by architect N.A. Lvov: red quartzite, bronze relief with Chronos, and a marble group of two mourning cupids holding a funeral urn. The epitaph reads: “To my gentle wife and truest friend, a mother who gave her life for her children…” — a personal letter across centuries. Shot on expired Kodak Plus-X 125. Moscow, 2022. Technical Credits: Location: Donskoy Monastery Necropolis, Moscow, Russia Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD Film: Kodak Professional Plus-X 125 (expired December 2012) Development: Kodak D-76 Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied — raw scan) Date: August 13, 2022 Notes: Film stored under unknown conditions for ~10 years past expiry. Results are experimental — a dialogue between time, chemistry, and chance. Grain softened, contrast reduced, tonal range subtly shifted. Each frame carries the memory of its own decay.
October 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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"Patriarch Park Playoffs" (Astrum 135 Film + BNW)
Autumn vibes, two girls, one tote bag, 372 leaves, and one superhero parent multitasking like a boss.

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #streetbw #documentary #phojournalism #bnw #autumnvibes #35mm #girls #girlsbeinggirls #bwfilm #autumn
In the Patriarch’s backyard? Forget quiet prayer. It’s game time. Girl 1: “I got this!” (hands up like she’s catching a Hail Mary). Girl 2: “Catch me if you can!” (mid-sprint, grinning like she just stole the last cookie). Leaves? Not falling. They’re defensive linemen on the ground. God’s probably watching from the bleachers. He’s not mad. He’s just… impressed by the footwork. And that mom in the back? She’s got one kid jumping like a kangaroo, and another one chilling in the stroller like a tiny CEO. She’s calling it “No penalty.” (Because moms always do.) — Gear: Camera: Canon EOS 5 — the one that still works if you yell at it nicely. Lens: EF 28-105mm f/3.5–4.5 USM — the “I’m not fancy but I get the job done” lens. Film: Astrum 135 Color Negative (ISO 125) — Russian film, American dreams. Scan Magic: Converted to B&W in post — because sometimes color is just too much drama. Date Captured: October 11, 2018 — peak leaf-crunch season. Scanner: Noritsu LS-1100 — the machine that whispers “I see your soul… and your dust particles. Location: Backyard of the Patriarch’s Place — Church of the Intercession, Pokrovsky-Streshnevo, Moscow. (Yes, that’s a real place. No, we didn’t make it up.) Filmic Vibe: Variations on a Theme: “...with a film across Moscow” (Because why walk when you can roll?) Gear: Camera: Canon EOS 5 — the one that still works if you yell at it nicely. Lens: EF 28-105mm f/3.5–4.5 USM — the “I’m not fancy but I get the job done” lens. Film: Astrum 135 Color Negative (ISO 125) — Russian film, American dreams. Scan Magic: Converted to B&W in post — because sometimes color is just too much drama. Date Captured: October 11, 2018 — peak leaf-crunch season. Scanner: Noritsu LS-1100 — the machine that whispers “I see your soul… and your dust particles.
October 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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"A Photo with the Monkey" (Fujifilm Fuji Eterna + D76)
...but the cameras still see. And so does she.

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #believeinfilm #bwfilm #sovietcamera #monochrome #noiretblanc #FujiEterna #Fujifilm #oldschool #vintage #ClassicMono #35mm #filmcamera #film #vintagecamera #toy #bw
🐵 "A Photo with the Monkey" (Fujifilm Fuji Eterna + D76) The Smena family, assembled. And suddenly — a monkey. Like in old photo attractions: a touch of circus, a hint of magic, a wink of irony. But the cameras still see. And so does she. A group portrait of four generations of Soviet scale-focus cameras “Smena”: the first, the third, the sixth, and the especially rare ninth. These models are more than devices — they are legends of mass photography, which made image-making accessible to everyone. Focusing was always “by eye” — using the distance scale on the lens, where the photographer chose: one meter, three, five, or infinity. This was the philosophy of the Smena: trust your own vision. And though their bodies belong to the last century, they are still alive. They still shoot. And the images they’ve captured will be shown soon. Technical Credits: Location: Moscow, somewhere between nostalgia and bark chips Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF 70–210 mm Film: Fujifilm Fuji Eterna (exact type unknown, heavily expired Exposure: Rated at ISO 100 Development: Kodak D-76, 7 minutes Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied) Date: 15 September 2018 Notes: Storage conditions of the film unknown. The results are experimental, balancing chance and chemistry.
October 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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"They Still See (The Smena Lineage)"
(Fujifilm Fuji Eterna + D76)
15/09/2018

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #bnw #believeinfilm #sovietcamera #cameragear #oldschool #vintage #vintagecamera #35mm #filmcamera #film #ClassicMono #bwfilm #noiretblanc #FujiEterna #Fujifilm
📸 "Family Portrait. From the Past into the Frame" A group portrait of four generations of Soviet scale-focus cameras “Smena”: the first, the third, the sixth, and the especially rare ninth. These models are more than devices — they are legends of mass photography, which made image-making accessible to everyone. Focusing was always “by eye” — using the distance scale on the lens, where the photographer chose: one meter, three, five, or infinity. This was the philosophy of the Smena: trust your own vision. And though their bodies belong to the last century, they are still alive. They still shoot. And the images they’ve captured will be shown soon. Technical Credits: Location: Moscow, somewhere between nostalgia and bark chips Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF 70–210 mm Film: Fujifilm Fuji Eterna (exact type unknown, heavily expired Exposure: Rated at ISO 100 Development: Kodak D-76, 7 minutes Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied) Date: 15 September 2018 Notes: Storage conditions of the film unknown. The results are experimental, balancing chance and chemistry. 📷 «Семейный портрет. Они всё ещё видят» Групповой портрет четырёх поколений советских шкальных камер «Смена»: первой, третьей, шестой и особенно редкой девятой. Эти камеры — легенда массовой фотографии, сделавшая снимок доступным каждому. Их философия — фокусировка «на глазок», доверие к собственному взгляду. И хотя их корпуса принадлежат прошлому веку, они всё ещё живы. Всё ещё снимают. Кадры, сделанные ими, мы покажем позже. 📋 Технические титры Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF 70–210 mm Film: Fujifilm Fuji Eterna ??? expired Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 Exposure: 100 ISO Development: Kodak D-76, 7 minutes Date: 15/09/2018 Location: Moscow, Москва, где-то между ностальгией и древесной щепой
October 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Raw Moments of City Life (Fujifilm Fuji Eterna + D76)
15/09/2018

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #streetbw #blackandwhitephoto #documentary #phojournalism #bnw #face #girls #female #autumn #bwfilm #believeinfilm #bw #noiretblanc #ClassicMono #streetphoto #FujiEterna #everybodystreet
🍦 For Three Sun — for three. Ice cream — for three. Selfie — for three. In Russia, many things are done “for three” — not about numbers, but about closeness. Technical Credits: Location: Moscow, Muzeon Arts Park, Krymskaya Embankment Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF 70–210 mm Film: Fujifilm Fuji Eterna (exact type unknown, heavily expired Exposure: Rated at ISO 100 Development: Kodak D-76, 7 minutes Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied) Date: 15 September 2018 Notes: Storage conditions of the film unknown. The results are experimental, balancing chance and chemistry. ☀️Too Much Sun for One Frame The final frame, the final flare. Sun floods half the film, as if refusing to leave. The girl behind the stand — not just a vendor, but part of the day’s rhythm. Ice cream, soda, September. Technical Credits: Location: Moscow, Muzeon Arts Park, Krymskaya Embankment Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF 70–210 mm Film: Fujifilm Fuji Eterna (exact type unknown, heavily expired Exposure: Rated at ISO 100 Development: Kodak D-76, 7 minutes Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied) Date: 15 September 2018 Notes: Storage conditions of the film unknown. The results are experimental, balancing chance and chemistry.
October 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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"September Inside the City's Flesh" (Fujifilm Fuji Eterna + D76)
15/09/2018

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #streetbw #blackandwhitephoto #documentary #phojournalism #bnw #ClassicMono #streetphoto #everybodystreet #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #noiretblanc #bwfilm #FujiEterna #Fujifilm
💦 Summer Within September may be called autumn, but warmth still pulses through it. Especially when you’re young, especially when you’re inside the fountain. Water rises, the body responds — and the city becomes play. Technical Credits: Location: Moscow, Muzeon Arts Park, Krymskaya Embankment Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF 70–210 mm Film: Fujifilm Fuji Eterna (exact type unknown, heavily expired Exposure: Rated at ISO 100 Development: Kodak D-76, 7 minutes Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied) Date: 15 September 2018 Notes: Storage conditions of the film unknown. The results are experimental, balancing chance and chemistry. 📷 Kindred Eye He’s searching too. Capturing too. He couldn’t walk past either. We don’t know what he’s shooting — but we know why. In this moment, he’s a reflection. Technical Credits: Location: Moscow, Muzeon Arts Park, Krymskaya Embankment Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF 70–210 mm Film: Fujifilm Fuji Eterna (exact type unknown, heavily expired Exposure: Rated at ISO 100 Development: Kodak D-76, 7 minutes Scanner: Fujifilm Frontier SP-3000 (no corrections applied) Date: 15 September 2018 Notes: Storage conditions of the film unknown. The results are experimental, balancing chance and chemistry.
October 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM