When there is a desire to return to a state of mind experienced in the past, I try to photograph in the same genre and in the same place where I experienced this state. So I'm tapping into the same wavelength.
I don't go back to the past, I don't feel nostalgic, I just catch that state code.
Of course, you can do the opposite – go back to the past and get nostalgic.
The forest graphics send me back to the spring of 2020, where I was in an inspired state.
Even despite the mismatch of the seasons, the monotonous graphics of the forest connect me to the same vibrations.
Occasionally, I visit places where I have experienced strong emotions in order to experience them again.
But it's not always possible to catch the same vibe.
Sometimes a new one comes, and sometimes I get upset because I haven't experienced anything at all.
I have already visited two different forests this winter.
And both forests turned out to be not only different in the picture, but also different in condition.
Although there and there I was looking for graphicity.
If the graphics in Mikhaltsevskaya Grove were close to postcard graphics, then the graphics in Peace Park are more abstract.
Weather conditions played a role – they decide a lot.
If the sunset light decorates the picture in the cold, giving it volume and saturation, then cloudy weather dissolves everything into a monotonous pattern.
And I love everything and accept any weather condition.
Different weather conditions create different states of mind. And that's great!