"местная хтонь" or "local dirt"

"local dirt" — the name of my photo-exposition

Hello, my name is Michael, and I'm a provincial guy from Russia. What is Russia for a photographer? Oh, it's a greate scene for billions of landscapes and still lifes. And the thing that we call "сабж на фоне ковра" — a portrait on the background of carpet, an accessory that remained in almost every former Soviet apartment.

yeah, my phone really has 4K UltraHD camera

However, back to the set created by the collapsed great country.
I have always seen something fascinating in post-Soviet urban landscapes, urban infrastructures, factories. At the same time, I have no interest in photographing specific people (with the exception of photos for memory with friends) or things that a priori are beautiful. So I discovered a metaphysical photography.

Using "Zorkiy-6" and "Zenit-11" film cameras, that I found in my grandmother's house, and "Polaroid 636", which was used by my dad in the '90s, I created a photo-exposition with the name, that sounds cooler in Russian — "местная хтонь".

Some of the best photos:

inscription: "GHOUL", it's kinda one of the city clans, about which I do not know anything

What is "хтонь"?

Хтонь is what surrounds you everywhere (especially in Russia). You do not notice the хтонь, it does not catch sight. Хтонь is not something that is beautiful in itself. You must find beauty in it by yourself.

If you'd like to see more хтонь and know more about film photography or extraordinary directions in photography, than follow me. Thanks for reading this, I'm glad you're here! :)

Примечание для русскоязычного читателя:

Слово "хтонь" происходит от прилагательного "хтонический", и означает "земля", "почва", "грязь". В общем, стандартный пейзаж любого российского города. :^)