Open Theme nominee

According to statistics, about 20% of the population in Russia have an anxiety-depressive disorder, and the same percentage of the population - all the prerequisites for its development. The reasons are stress and changes in the society.
Six years ago, I was diagnosed with the disorder, since then my condition has fluctuated from a psychological pit to more or less stable, regardless of external factors. The disorder is very insidious, it constantly changes shape and is accompanied by a number of psychosomatic signs - it affects me physically and always in different ways.
The last time I was in a psychiatric hospital, the doctor advised me to concentrate on the irrationality of fear and anxiety experienced by me and come up with an image that will help to avoid it. I visited so many doctors in recent years and just forgot about it. But then I saw a blue in one of my dreams, a primitive, but very clear form of my favorite color. In a dream, I fell, but somehow miraculously landed on that dot. Now the dot is an emergency exit from the state of panic, the result of the work of my will and consciousness.

Born in Leningrad, Russia in 1985.
I am a freelance documentary photographer working on a regular basis with National Geographic Russia, VICE UK/USA, lenta.ru, Takie Dela, Bird in Flight, Open Russia, Meduza, Vokrug Sveta magazines, RIA novosti, Kommersant photos and Getty Images agencies as a stringer.
In 2014 I graduated from U.A.Galperin School of Photojournalism of Saint-Petersburg with Golden Mark - award for the best diploma project which was dedicated to the revolution in Kiev.
In 2014-15 I spent 10 months in Nepal cooperating with different non-governmental structures and organizations such as Red Cross Nepal, Nepal Leprosy Trust whilst executing projects covering human rights issues in the country - children with HIV, discrimination of leprosy affected people, human trafficking.
I am the awardee of the number of international contests such as: winner of Istanbul Photo Awards 2018 in Daily Life Story category; winner of Debuts 2018 photocontest organized by Doc! Photomagazine; grand prix at Non-accidental Witness photocontest 2016; finalist of Hellerau Portraits Awards 2016, 2017; honorable mentions at Photography Grant 2016, 2017; winner of Luis Valtuena Humanitarian Photography Award 2016 granted by Doctors of the World.