Igor Elukov
(RU)
Photographer Igor Elukov (born in Kirov 1991) is currently in St. Petersburg, Russia but comes from a small village along the Peza River in the country’s northern Arkhangelsk region. His family has lived for centuries in the isolated setting which is drenched in snow and swamps. In the spring and autumn his village becomes an island. Depending on the season, Elukov travels home often by train, plane, helicopter, boat and snowmobile. This environment is the reason for his strong connection to the landscape, the scents, the low sky and the peculiar expressions of the local people. For him it’s like a code that opens the treasure trove for his images.