Photographer Alexander Petrosyan has spent years and years discovering and documenting the endless layers of St. Petersburg, Russia. His extraordinary collection – both in quality and quantity – is beautiful yet grotesque. With her, she invites us to step into the raw and unpredictable streets and experience them 'without the filter' that we usually see on various postcards and in travel documentaries.
Alexander Petrosyan got his first camera at the age of 12. In the meantime, he stopped taking pictures a few times, but in 2000 he finally became one professional photographer. They are his greatest inspiration streets of Saint Petersburg, where he has lived since childhood.
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Everything from the Russian Empire to its near-annihilation during World War II and its revival under Vladimir Putin - the city is full of history and Alexander he knows every corner. "This is my world," he says. "The perception of photographs depends on various factors. But if the photo is taken with a certain energy, viewers will feel it, regardless of the landscape or the culture.”
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