Russian photographer Anastasia Hexahedron has been taking photos, digital as well as shooting on film, for the past five years. “Digital is more for serious projects and film for having fun. In my projects, I usually don’t aspire to document the world as it is, but I try to create a special, magical and mystical atmosphere, on the verge between reality and sleep. Sometimes life around us is not so bright and romantic, and not as memorable and impressive as dreams. For me, photography is a way to doubt the reality that exists by adding to it special mysterious features.” explains the Yaroslavl based artist to us.
And then she presents us her series called”The Mist”. And with it we dive into an unknown, mysterious world.
“Sometimes life around us is not so bright and romantic, and not as memorable and impressive as dreams. For me, photography is a way to doubt the reality that exists by adding to it special mysterious features.”
“«The Mist» project was created thanks to a fortuity. I didn’t prepare it in advance. Imagine the usual morning when you are doing your studies till dawn and thinking about going to bed. You are going to the kitchen to drink some water and notice that there is literally emptiness outside the window – absolutely nothing is visible. You come closer and realize that you need to grab your camera and walk around your neighborhood. There is this heavy fog outside that you have never seen in your life.
The city looks abandoned when you walk alone through absolutely deserted streets with a visibility of only about 10-20 meters, and you shy away from the silhouettes in the distance. Monumental high-rise buildings are a legacy of a long-lost civilization, and the lights are just phantoms, figment of the imagination, which doesn’t want to admit its loneliness. Was it ever different?
What is hiding in a deserted city? What happened here? Is it real or is it a hallucination caused by sleep deprivation and a disturbed day routine?
The day has changed places with the night; you no longer feel time or space. You get lost here despite the fact that it’s your native place where you grew up. There is no question of where to go, surprisingly. Every corner of this new world fascinates with its peculiar beauty. Your phone has just been discharged. Now you don’t even know what time it is and how much time has passed. Your feet are wet from moisture and dew. Here and now is only you and your camera, you must capture The Mist. But are there any people who are still able to see and understand your art?
Only you can decide to stay here forever or to unwind with the first rays of dawn.”
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