🎈The Joy Brokers She held their hands like threads of a tale, spinning wonder into the air with each gesture. In her patterned dress and bright scarf, she was more than performer — she was a pulse in the city’s celebration. The children leaned in not because they had to, but because belief, here, felt easy. Series: Faces of Moscow 872: Threads of Play Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800 Location: Moscow, Russia Date: September 07, 2019

She didn’t just entertain — she connected. With one hand in hers, the child stepped into a world where play was sacred. The crowd blurred, the noise faded. In that instant, it was just two people, sharing a story told without words. This frame captures a fleeting exchange where laughter becomes currency, and the city breathes through its people. Series: Faces of Moscow 872: Threads of Play Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800 Location: Moscow, Russia Date: September 07, 2019

⏳ When Time Walked In She didn’t arrive — she emerged. Gears turned where her heart might be, and the crowd paused, sensing something ancient in the air. The children stared, not with fear, but with awe. Because sometimes, even in celebration, Time decides to join the dance. Series: Faces of Moscow 872: Threads of Play Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800 Location: Moscow, Russia Date: September 07, 2019

Faces of Moscow 872: Threads of Play (Tasma Type42L)
September 07, 2019

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Their Own Moscow (Series: Faces of Moscow 872) The city roared around them — brass bands, jugglers, dancers, applause. But he only saw her. And she only saw the ice cream. In a moment stitched from sugar and sunlight, they built a Moscow no one else could enter. Not out of walls, but out of love. This frame feels like an exhale after laughter, a pause between musical notes. It asks for no explanation because it says it all: about closeness, the quiet within the noise, and how the city can be a backdrop rather than the star of the show. Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800 Location: Moscow, Russia Date: September 10, 2023

"Their Own Moscow" (Tasma Type42L)
07/09/2019

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"Caught in the Quiet" 📸 Street Portrait No. 9 She didn’t expect to be seen. In the middle of scrolling through something forgettable, her eyes met the lens — a flicker of surprise, a pause in motion. There’s a softness in the way she holds her phone, like she’s not really tethered to it. This wasn’t a pose. It was a moment borrowed from the city’s rhythm, before it moved on. Series: Faces of Moscow 872: Seen and Seeing Street Portraits from Moscow City Day, Tverskaya Street, September 7, 2019 Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800

"When the City Smiles Back" 📸 Street Portrait No. 10 She saw the smile — not through the screen, but in real time. And something shifted. The tension melted, replaced by a quiet joy that didn’t ask for permission. In a city that rarely pauses, this was a moment that did. Series: Faces of Moscow 872: Seen and Seeing Street Portraits from Moscow City Day, Tverskaya Street, September 7, 2019 Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800

"Hunter in the Crowd" 📸 Street Portrait No. 11 She moved like she belonged to the lens — not just behind it. Among the chaos of celebration, her focus was surgical, her presence quiet but commanding. Two photographers crossed paths, each chasing fleeting truths. In that instant, the city became a stage, and we were both actors and audience. ___ As the photographer hunts for a shot, he himself is quietly hunted—becoming not just an observer, but the watched. On Moscow City Day, this subtle dance between seeker and sought feels even more poetic: the city looks back at those who try to capture its spirit. The black-and-white film amplifies the documentary feel, as if we’re watching a chronicler become part of his own story. ___ Series: Faces of Moscow 872: Seen and Seeing Street Portraits from Moscow City Day, Tverskaya Street, September 7, 2019 Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800

"The Witness Below" 📸 Street Portrait No. 12 She used to look up — chasing dreams in the sky. Now her gaze has shifted, grounded in the pulse of the city. She sees the watchers, the wanderers, the ones who chase moments through glass. In her stillness, she holds the whole scene: The smile, the lens, the celebration — And maybe, something more. Series: Faces of Moscow 872: Seen and Seeing Street Portraits from Moscow City Day, Tverskaya Street, September 7, 2019 Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800

Faces of Moscow 872: Seen and Seeing
Street Portrait No. 9 - 12 (Tasma Type42L)
07/09/2019

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"Sweeping the Sky" (Tasma Type42L) 🎞️ Street Portrait No. 5 She stands with a broom in hand, a city worker paused mid-shift, her eyes lifted toward the sky where aerial acrobats defy gravity above six-story buildings. There’s no fear in her face — only awe, as if the broom is no longer for the street, but for brushing the clouds themselves. In that moment, she’s not cleaning Moscow — she’s witnessing its heartbeat in the air. 📷✨ It's didn’t just a worker. It's a someone whose job paused — but whose wonder didn’t. Series: Looking to Heaven: Faces of Moscow 872 Street Portraits from Moscow City Day, Tverskaya Street, September 7, 2019 Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800

"Eyes on Everything" 🎞️ Street Portrait No. 6 She still holds the broom, but now her gaze has shifted — not just upward, but outward, as if the sky gave her something she now carries into the world around her. There’s a quiet alertness in her face, a sense that she sees more than most: the wires above, the people below, and the invisible thread that connects them. 📷✨ It's didn’t just a second glance. It's the moment when wonder turns into awareness. Series: Looking to Heaven: Faces of Moscow 872 Street Portraits from Moscow City Day, Tverskaya Street, September 7, 2019 Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800

"Crowned by Wonder" 🎞️ Street Portrait No. 7 She wears a paper crown marked Moscow 872, a quiet emblem of celebration. Her phone is raised, not to document the crowd, but to capture the sky — where acrobats defy gravity and time. In her face: focus, reverence, and a hint of joy, as if she knows that some moments must be held not just in memory, but in pixels — to be revisited when the sky is quiet again. 📷✨ It's didn’t just a woman with a phone. It's someone who crowned herself with wonder — and made the sky her keepsake. Series: Looking to Heaven: Faces of Moscow 872 Street Portraits from Moscow City Day, Tverskaya Street, September 7, 2019 Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800

"What the Sky Gave Her" 🎞️ Street Portrait No. 8 She wears the same paper crown — Moscow 872, but now her eyes are lowered, focused on the phone in her hands. She’s reviewing the moment she just captured, as if trying to hold onto the feeling before it fades into memory. Her floral jacket, her quiet posture — they speak of someone who knows that joy is fleeting, but can be saved. 📷✨ It's didn’t just a woman with a phone. It's the moment when wonder becomes reflection — and the sky lives on in pixels. Series: Looking to Heaven: Faces of Moscow 872 Street Portraits from Moscow City Day, Tverskaya Street, September 7, 2019 Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L ]Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800

Looking to Heaven: Faces of Moscow 872
Street Portrait No. 5 - 8 (Tasma Type42L)
07/09/2019

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"Cosmos Above, Joy Within" 🎞️ Street Portrait No. 1 She stands among the crowd, her face lifted in awe. On her cap, bold letters read MOSCOW 872 — a proud emblem of the city’s birthday celebration. Above her, aerial gymnasts dance on invisible wires, but it’s her expression that steals the scene: pure joy, childlike wonder, and a moment of shared magic. She’s not just watching — she’s part of the spectacle. 📷✨ It's not didn’t just a face in the crowd. It's a city reflected in its people — one glance upward at a time. Series: Looking to Heaven: Faces of Moscow 872 Street Portraits from Moscow City Day, Tverskaya Street, September 7, 2019 Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800

"The Quiet Watcher" 🎞️ Street Portrait No. 2 He stands in a checkered shirt, his face tilted upward — not with excitement, but with a kind of inner attention. It’s as if he’s not just watching, but remembering, comparing, feeling. Around him, wires stretch across the sky, aerial performers dance above the city, but he remains grounded — a quiet anchor in the middle of the spectacle. 📷✨ And as always, it's not just a spectator. It's someone who sees the sky — and finds something personal in it. Series: Looking to Heaven: Faces of Moscow 872 Street Portraits from Moscow City Day, Tverskaya Street, September 7, 2019 Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800

"Vanilla Sky" 🎞️ Street Portrait No. 3 He sits with an ice cream cone in hand, gazing upward — not just at the aerial performers, but into a space where fears, fantasies, and dreams swirl together. For a moment, he’s no longer a child in the crowd, but a hero in his own imagination: a pilot, an acrobat, a cosmonaut. His face glows with pure delight, hiding a quiet kind of naive courage. 📷✨ It's a moment where the ice cream melts — but the dreams don’t. Series: Looking to Heaven: Faces of Moscow 872 Street Portraits from Moscow City Day, Tverskaya Street, September 7, 2019 Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800

"She Looks Beyond" 🎞️ Street Portrait No. 4 She rests her head on her hand, gazing upward with a soft, thoughtful expression. There’s no smile — just quiet wonder, as if the sky holds answers she’s not ready to ask aloud. She’s older than the boy with the ice cream, but still young enough to believe that something magical might descend from above. In her eyes — dreams, questions, and maybe a little love for the world that floats just out of reach. 📷✨ It's someone who’s already halfway there — in thought, in feeling, in longing. Series: Looking to Heaven: Faces of Moscow 872 Street Portraits from Moscow City Day, Tverskaya Street, September 7, 2019 Camera: Canon EOS 5 Lens: Canon Zoom EF 70–210mm Film: Tasma Type42L Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800

Series: Looking to Heaven: Faces of Moscow 872
(Tasma Type42L)
07/09/2019

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📷 Pentax 67 II
🎞️ Tasma Type-42 @800
🧪 Kodak HC-110 (Dil. B)

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