I hadn’t spoken with my mom on the phone for a while. No, we didn’t fight — it was just different time zones, different schedules, life happening. And then finally, we had a real ...
2025-09-26 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Walking through Mexico City today, I felt something unexpected.
For the first time, I felt at home.
Earlier I wrote that Cabo felt like home—but that was more about the house, our little nest...
2025-09-24 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Naoshima. The island of art. The island of museums. The island I didn’t really understand.
Maybe it’s because at the start of the trip I wasn’t feeling well — I was nauseous, sleepy, hot — and on top of that, we had to take a ferry to get there.
People ...
2025-09-20 18:48:57 +0000 UTC View Post
I often tell you that I’ve gained some weight, that it’s hard for me to accept the changes, that I miss my “former” self. But the one thing everyone seems to notice first? M...
2025-09-16 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Kate Prekrasna
Mexico City — Second Attempt
The first time I came to Mexico City, I didn’t like it at all. But to be fair, there were to...
2025-09-13 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
And so, we finally made it to Japan)
This trip begins and ends in Tokyo. As you know, it’s been my dream — to return here a second time and explore not just Tokyo but other cities too. Because of the jet lag, our “first” Tokyo was especially nocturnal: long walks under the neon ligh...
2025-09-10 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
If you have friends from post-Soviet countries, you’ve probably noticed: they’re not exactly the cheeriest people. A little gloomy, a little depressed.
Well — that’s me. And all of my friends from that side of the world too. And I’ve noticed one common thread: we don’t really kn...
2025-09-07 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Concept or Visual?
I made the mistake of getting into a discussion about photography with a friend of mine — a very technical photographer. By “photographer” I mean someone who shoots what resonates with them, has their own vision, and shows it through their images. By “technical,...
2025-09-03 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Male Friendship: Myth or Reality?
Most of you here are men, so I want to ask: How do you define friendship?
I always thought the definition was universal: friendship is about closeness, sharing joys,...
2025-08-30 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
There’s a little less than two months left until my birthday… and I stumbled upon some photos from our trip to Austria with Gary. To be honest, I don’t even really remember the exact place we were in.
But this isn’t about the place — it’s about the state I was in.
I’ve a...
2025-08-28 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I want to tell you a little about the wonderful Dasha and our shoot in Warsaw this spring.
I’d been following her for quite a while. I’d seen her in the work of fellow photographers, but so...
2025-08-25 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I love bruises 🤤
I’m not into BDSM, violence in relationships, or god forbid self-harm… But bruises on my own body — they’ve always driven me a little crazy. Especially the big ones. Real bruises — not just tiny dark spots, but full patches, even hematomas… of course, all wit...
2025-08-23 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Since when has my TikTok turned into political debates, war discussions, and space-science news?
I have no idea how it manages to eavesdrop on me in real life so that instead of “how to leve...
2025-08-19 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I finally signed up for Spanish again.
I started learning it when I first moved to Manresa after the war began. But back then, I didn’t take it too seriously — it was fun, it came easily, and I wa...
2025-08-16 16:00:37 +0000 UTC View Post
We first connected online, when Katya messaged me asking about Patreon — how I started mine, what worked, what didn’t. Not long after, we met in person for the first time in Kyiv in autumn and planned a shoo...
2025-08-14 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to gently wrap up the story of our trip to Portugal… And realized I wanted to share this mix of self-portraits and shots Gary took of me.
Turns out — we love wine, shooting in the bathroom, and being silly together :)
Throughout those days, we kept discovering how easy it...
2025-08-11 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
I didn’t know what to share with you this time — nothing really happened… until the very last moment. And then suddenly, something small hit unexpectedly deep.
I was surprised by my ...
2025-08-07 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally got around to sharing this shoot with you. There’s nothing particularly special about it — but my memories from that time are so vivid. This was the moment I truly fell in love with the Olympus mju II. Warsaw, October 2024. I had just started shooting self-portraits on a point-and-sho...
2025-08-02 22:27:11 +0000 UTC View Post
A few days ago, I learned about the death of one of the most renowned nude photographers — David Dubnitskiy. He wa...
2025-07-30 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I just added a new photo set to my InShop — 41 digital shots (+ 1 video backstage) I took in Kyoto in November 2024, during a month-long trip to Japan with my boyfriend.
We went there hoping to catch the maple trees turning red — classic momiji season — but of course they started blu...
2025-07-27 16:40:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Just the two of us. Two weeks that told me everything I needed to know.
You know, somehow this place and this time with Gary left me with so much peace and warmth.
Before this, when I thought about the happiest day of my life, the first thing that came to mind was a day with 2025-07-25 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Lately, I’ve been feeling more and more inspired to photograph myself again — on everything: film and digital. The last time I took proper self-portraits was back in early April. Since then, the urge just disappeared. I wanted to shoot others, not myself. I traveled to Europe, then to Kyiv ...
2025-07-21 16:00:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Lately, my thoughts keep returning to one quiet, persistent theme. I don’t even know what to call it. Maybe “the longing for a mother,” or “protection in adulthood.”
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When I arrived in Lisbon, it felt strange to see Gary again.
Strange—not in a bad way, just… unfamiliar.
My close friends know this about me: I tend to freeze up when I reunite with someone I haven’t seen in a while. Even if I’ve been longing for that meeting or dreaming abou...
2025-07-11 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
This shoot with Katya happened in the first half of January — we met up in Tenerife to spend some time together with my fiancé and friends. A little getaway before our long-distance chapter began (we were heading to the...
2025-07-08 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Part 2
I haven’t written in my diary for a month now. And that’s very unlike me.
In pivotal moments of my life—when things around me shifted, when something broke or didn’t make sense—I would always reach for my pen and open my diary. It helped me understand myself, helped m...
2025-07-04 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
There’s a phrase — “losing yourself in a relationship.”
People fear it deeply — the idea of dissolving into someone else, becoming no one, or becoming a “we” inste...
2025-07-01 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
After we met in Paris in June — and after all my inner resistance to long-distance relationships and to men who say too many beautiful things — it only made sense to plan a second meeting. Assuming, of course, he wasn’t full of it.
Since my summer was already booked, ...
2025-06-28 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Something good!
This trip to Kyiv changed something in me — or maybe it simply unlocked something. I started feeling more energy, more inspiration, more inner resources.
Everyone who knows me well knows how bad I am at online communication, how much of an i...
2025-06-25 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
