I've been taking photographs since I was 14 years old, starting with my dad's Russian Yashica. I developed film myself in the darkroom and making prints, experimenting with editing techniques.

Later on, I took photos for more than 12 years with my Minolta X-300s. Then photography became digital.

I switched to a Nikon D80, then on to Nikon D300 and currently a Nikon D700. Between cameras, I also used a Fuji Finepix 5500, a neat little thing but not reaching my requirements.

I miss analogue photography, but society nowadays asks for large quantities and short deadlines, which is impossible with 36 shot Kodak or Fuji film rolls.

I took a digital photography course in 2009 and started taking pictures at metal concerts, of people, architecture, nature and street life.

After long hesitation, I also started exploring the possibilities of digital editing. I used to develop my analogue b/w photos in the darkroom and follow the same editing approach (using Pixelmator and Photoshop) for my digital images. I limit my editing to:

- rotating;

- cropping;

- adjusting contrast;

- changing colour balance;

- sharpening;

- conversion to black and white.

I only want to show situations that actually occurred. I don't compromise reality by mirroring photos or distorting, deleting persons or objects from photos--nor adding them.