Introducing Ira Thiessen. Ira is an incredibly talented photographer who recently graduated from the renowned Berlin photography school, Ostkreuzschule. Thiessen’s work is making appearances across many of the major newspapers at the moment, from…
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This is Elen – Elen, rather than the more typical Elena – a somewhat unusual female name in Russian. “It was actually a mistake on my mother’s behalf that happened while she was young…
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Meet identical twins Maria and Natalia. The pair were born in Leningrad yet departed from the city the year it regained its original name, St. Petersburg. Their father, a film producer and their mother,…
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Introducing Sasha. Sasha arrived in Berlin approximately three years ago, up until which she had lived her entire her life in the Ukrainian city of Odessa. “One day I was sitting on the couch…
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This is Slava. Slava is a Street & Tape Artist from Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine who came to live in Germany with his family when he was 18 years old. They moved to Lübeck in Northern…
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This is Roman. Roman was born and raised in the north of Moscow, close to the metro station „WDNH“. The young Muscovite tells me that he left Russia for the first time when he…
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Meet Nikita Pavlov – photographer and filmmaker from Moscow, Russia. Nikita was born in the Russian capital and left his country when he was 25 years old. “I wanted to get out and since…
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In order to meet the musician and lead singer of Skazka Orchestra I traveled all the way to the outskirts of Berlin by public transportation. „Why don’t you come over to our datcha?” Artur…
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This is Daniel. Daniel was born in Karaganda, Kazakhstan and his parents brought him to Germany when he was a young boy. At the age of 11, his family settled down in a village…
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This is Juri. The Russian producer was born and raised in Moscow and lived in the Russian capital until he was 26 years old. “It was time for something new,” he says, and tells…
