Photography — Yana Azova

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#mood towards COVID-19. // Outtake from a photo shoot my grandma did with @andwalsh back when it was Sagmeister and Walsh.

Remembering: a moment of zen. It’s days like today that I’m extra proud to work @facebook. // #ilfordhp5 #isolationcreation

Things are changing drastically and quickly. And it’s hard to keep a handle on everything amidst it all (my nightly routine has turned to watching the day’s news). To keep a hand hold, I’ve taken to looking through my Lightroom Arch

Back in early January, @felixhandte and I got our portraits taken by @geoffreyberliner at @penumbrafoundation. I look at it everyday and it brings me a petit joy to see ourselves reflected in this medium that we love, and feels true to ourselves at t

Swamp vibes 🐊🐊🐊

“An Oasis” - Frank Lloyd Wright’s theatre at the Guggenheim

On the occasion of my grandma’s 90th birthday, we all toasted to her relentless optimism. For her optimism isn’t looking at life through rose colored glasses. It’s a strong will, ongoing persistence in the face of hardship (growing

New York has a special magic to it in the winter. There are more moments to stop and breathe: the frantic energy temporarily at bay when it’s below zero. It seems quieter and softer in the dull grey light. What are your favorite winter moments?

Played around with Cinestill and self-portraits over the holidays. It was fun! // #cinestill800t

It’s 72 and sunny somewhere // #velvia50

And that’s where I want to be. 🥳 📸 @felixhandte

It’s summer somewhere. // Portra 400

The sunsets in Thailand were my favorite part of our vacation. 🏖🌅

“Hello darkness my old friend / why are you here it’s 4 pm.” // #Ilford400

Last Saturday I spent a bit of time playing with fall fruits from the market. Still life as a genre is a total shot in the dark for me. Where do I put this apple? Does the leaf look out of place? Arranging things to tell a story is a delicate craft.

The afternoon the leaves turned. // #ektachrome100

The day the leaves turned. // #ektachrome100

The memory of a golden afternoon.

~ John C. Portman, Jr. 1985 ~

Wonder women 🥰 // Ilford 400

My loathings are simple. Stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty… My pleasures are the most intense known to man: instagramming and butterfly hunting.