About

I was born in Moscow in 1989.

One day in May 2006, an old school friend and I decided to climb onto the roof of my 22-story apartment building. By sheer luck, the padlock wasn’t properly secured — its shackle was loose enough for us to twist it, slide the bolt, and push the door open.

A winter view of Moscow’s Nikulino district from a 100-meter-tall rooftop. Fresh white snow blankets everything except the roads, with an abandoned building in the foreground and a thermal power plant about four kilometers away. It features two sets of cooling towers and two tall chimneys, all releasing thick steam into the cold sky. — A view from a newly built residential building just a couple of hundred meters from my house. There were lots of ads, but I managed to remove them with the healing brush tool. February 2010.

Eager for incredible views, I borrowed my elder brother’s fancy point-and-shoot camera. The second I stepped out and looked around, something clicked: it sparked two new passions in me — photography and rooftop climbing.

Beautiful girl is sitting on the edge of rooftop in Moscow. She looks somewhere ahead with a happy face. She has Isis wings. It is close to sunset, the sky is orangish. The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is seen somewhat a kilometer away in the background. — A girl with the wings. July 2009.

Two years later, my brother got married. By then I wasn’t just capturing cityscapes from heights; I’d started photographing people up there too. So I was honored to be at his wedding not just as a guest, but also as a photographer.

Not long after, my brother’s wife recommended me to a friend of hers who was getting married. That moment — being trusted to document someone else’s day — became my first real step into professional photography.

A young man stands motionless on the very edge of a tall rooftop in Moscow’s Shchukino district. Shot with ~130mm equivalent focal length; vibrant colors — saturated blue rooftop against a greenish sky. — When the wind died down. June 2009.

Later, as I matured and ceased what we called “roofing”, cityscapes transitioned into classical urban shots. Also I realized that nothing matters more to me than capturing family moments, personal stories, and weddings. It has become my ultimate mission: preserving genuine emotions and irreplaceable memories that can be cherished by generations to come.