Summer in St.Petersburg 2024. Part 5

If it's too early to think about a historical archive that could be shown to the current generation, then maybe start shooting in such a way as to show the modern world to the past generation?

That is, to make a certain message to the past, to shoot everything that did not exist 15-20 years ago.

Maybe in this way these plots will reflect the era of the past in the future.

Has anyone filmed spinners or gyroscuters? Where did all this go?

And there were such fleeting things as yo-yos. I'm generally silent about the anti-covid masks that everyone wore anywhere!

But this is already history, in some cases, thank God!

Now everything is flooded with electric scooters and food deliverers.

It turns out that you need to shoot what is happening now in everyday things.

What seems familiar now, no one could have imagined ten years ago.

And what seems familiar now will no longer be relevant in ten years.

I sometimes regret that I did not film street life, subcultures, although the opportunity was simply huge.

I was part of a subculture myself, but I was interested in landscapes back then...and it was necessary to film life.

Now I have the opportunity to shoot everything that surrounds me.

This is not only my job as a photojournalist, but also my worldview, openness to new genres and the whole world.

On the contrary, there are eternal plots.

This is a plot that does not depend on time, on the era, and will always be relevant.

But I do not set a specific goal for myself, to capture a certain period of time, according to which descendants will study the old days.

I am always online, here and now, I like the process itself.

And sometimes I just ask myself these questions about the archive and look for an answer.

Even if I disappear without a trace and my entire archive disappears without a trace, then at least I can honestly tell myself that I definitely lived, and did not exist.

And I do all this primarily for myself, in order to feel and feel myself.

I do not dispute that any laurels and praise will be pleasant to anyone.

But I have not participated in competitions for a long time, my merit is already on a completely different level.

I took pictures "for others" for a long time and was unnoticeable, but as soon as I started shooting "for myself" and getting high from it, many people found out about me.

..And Peter always pleases with the coolness near the Neva River, even in hot weather. This is the perfect place for me, a person who hates the heat.

To be continued...