To do a project Paper Dreams, I went to Russia's north-western town of Segezha, where a pulp-and-paper plant, the main employer in the town, produces bag paper and gives the job to the bulk of the locals.
I shot pictures of girls who studied at the final class of the school and were also making clothes - dresses, headwear and corsets - all from paper at the local culture centre.
While shooting pictures, I was asking them about their dreams and life plans for the time when they graduate from the school.
It is the project about young women who prepare to enter an adulthood.
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Paper Dreams (Series)
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Maxim Zmeev, 29, was born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg) and is based in Moscow as a freelancer. Before becoming the freelance photographer, Maxim worked for Reuters in Moscow.
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