Misha Friedman

 A portrait of miners enjoying some moonshine vodka after a long day underground.  This picture looks as though it could have been painted.  The coloring/contrast in it is unreal.

 

Photographer, Misha Friedman (based in NYC)  visits the former Soviet Union countries to explore his own roots and to try and understand what exactly is a "Russian or a Ukrainian or an Uzbek soul." I am particularly fond of this series: Donbass Romanticism - inspired by German and French Romantic paintings of the 19th Century.  These industrial landscapes feel familiar as they are reminiscent of those I see in my own home town- they are truly a sight to behold. 

Suzette Martinho