William Sokolenko (1934-2012)

William Sokolenko was born in Novocherkassk (Russia) in 1934. He grew up in Issyk, a small town in the foothills of Tyan-Shan mountains where his family moved when his father was arrested as a political dissident, and imprisoned in a Kazakhstan labor camp. In Kazakhstan W. Sokolenko became interested in naturalist photography. He has done some photography work for Russian magazines and marketing agencies.