Dear friends,

I am excited to invite you to the upcoming exposition of Sehnsucht photographic artists – including myself – in the historical Rhoon Castle. Our theme this time is the intersection of the concepts of Sehnsucht (that deep unattainable yearning of the human soul) and the Castle. Different perspectives, vision, and techniques are brought together by Annemarie van Buuren, Nicole Hagesteijn, Mark van Hattem, Jacqueline Louter, Mariska Pool, Dieter Provoost, John de Vos, and me. For the first time, I am presenting works from my “Time-Space Windows” project with a meta-historical view through antique glass.

Rhoon Castle was founded in the 13th century, and its current architecture is mostly from the 16th century. The Rhoon Castle Foundation holds cultural events, exhibitions and music performances here. It is only 15 minutes by metro from Rotterdam center (and a 5-minute walk from the metro), and you find yourself in a quiet oasis of history and nature.

The exposition will open on Sunday, 5 September, and run till Sunday, 26 September. Opening hours: Saturdays and Sundays 14.00-17.00. The entrance is free. You are most welcome to visit!

Dear friends,

I am happy to share the news of the forthcoming photo exposition in Moscow.

On January 18^th an open air exhibition will open in the Muzeon Park of Arts. The theme is “EXISTENTIA”, and the exposition is curated by Dr. Nadezhda Kasavina from the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences. The photographers explore the themes of existential philosophy such as one’s presence and self-being in the world, the inherent contradictions of the human existence and getting beyond them, transcending the limits of thinking, experience and reason. Bringing together philosophical and photographic perspectives, and visual expressions of existential experience is at the core of this project.

Existential philosophy has always resonated with me and influenced my artistic approach. So I am honoured and excited to have my work selected among the 24 photographs.

The exhibition opens tomorrow and runs for one month, till the 18^th of February.

Muzeon Park of Arts is part of Gorky Park, and the photographs will be placed at the Moscow River bank next to the new Tretyakov Gallery building (address: Krymsky Val, 2). The entrance is free.

Dear friends,

I hope you and your dear ones are healthy and that you enjoy the holidays.

I want to wish you a healthy, prosperous and happy year 2021!

With love,

Olga

I have very exciting news about the current “Wonderland” exposition at the Assumburg castle park in Heemskerk.

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Dear friends, in the next couple of weeks I take part in two nice group expositions and wanted to share the details.

On Saturday 31 August, the Sehnsucht nomad gallery takes part in the Gallery Crawl programme in Rotterdam. It is an event with art, design, performances and artist talks at various gallery locations in the Old North. The exposition of the Sehnsucht nomads (including my work from the “Portals” series) is to be seen at Zwaanshals 470 from 1 PM. Take a look if you are in the city! it’s going to be festive atmosphere, and I hope you’d enjoy the art.

My next stop is going to be Rome. Loosenart contemporary visual arts platform is hosting a group exposition “The Game”. It will open on the 6^thof September (the reception is free) and run till the 3^rdof October. Save the date if you are there! Location: Millepiani, via N. Odero, 13, Rome.

In Rome I will exhibit a different kind of work: it is my first experience with mixed media, in this case photography and digital art. Of course, this exhibition is an awesome reason to visit Rome again! It’s one of my favorite places and a huge inspiration. Ah, la Grande Bellezza, here I come!

I have always enjoyed visiting baroque gardens, and was really excited when I was approached to exhibit my fine art photography at the Assumburg castle park in Heemskerk.

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Last summer I spent a day in Stralsund, a picturesque Hanseatic town. One of its biggest attractions is Ozeaneum, which is quite new, only 10 years old. It combines an aquarium and a fantastic oceanographic museum. If you happen to be in this region, I would highly recommend visiting it.

Naturally, I took a camera with me to this spectacular attraction. One of the displays that left me totally fascinated was dedicated to jellyfish. It presented the jellyfish in beautiful spotlights, and their movement mesmerized me. I spent quite a time admiring these creatures while most visitors quickly moved on to see a spectacular shark on the opposite side.

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Something different than family photography today. I wanted to share inspiring moments from my holiday travel more often but still lag behind. However, this trip is quite recent, just a month ago. My husband and I had a short but fantastic visit to Austria and Italy. We had discovered that autumn with its colors is a great time to visit Tyrol, and we were also blessed with unusually warm and sunny days.

Here are some photos I made during a walk in Wipptal, next to Obernberg am Brenner. We had walked there before, and it’s one of my favorite walking routes in Tyrol. But it was our first time there at this time of the year. I enjoyed both the views and the rich color palette.

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The winter is around the corner, and “Winterreise” is the theme of the upcoming exhibition at the Sehnsucht Gallery in Rotterdam. I am happy to have my work exhibited among beautiful and inspiring photography by other artists, both Dutch and international.

Galerie Sehnsucht is dedicated specifically to photographic art, and I like both the style of the works exhibited there and the pleasant atmosphere of the place. The gallery is located in a historical building: the Hofbogen bows below the former railway line.

The exposition will be open from November 14^th till December 22^nd. Here is a link to the address and visitors information. Don’t miss it!

This week I have a nice round number of photos in my Vogue Italy portfolio: exactly one hundred. The latest photos you can see there were shot on film in the Loet forest, and today I want to share them as a series.

In the past months I had this new addiction, and you could often see me shooting analogue with my nice new (old) Rolleiflex. I often walk in the Loet forest in Krimpenerwaard, not too far from Rotterdam. This nature reserve was created in the fifties when some polders where “given back to nature”. It has become a beautiful quiet area with varied flora and fauna. You can walk or cycle through a number of picturesque paths enjoying whatever season it is and observing the nature.

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In the past months it had been not only portrait and family photo sessions that kept me nicely busy. I have visited some really inspiring places and believe I want to share my travel photography more often from now on. There are some new art projects I will also share later. Another thing that kept me from blogging and social media lately is analogue photography. After a long brake I began shooting with my old Russian Zenith-E camera and its manual lens (that provides interesting results on a digital camera too).

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You might remember I wanted to share more photos from my Venetian holiday. Venice is so full of inspiration for me I just could not fit my favorite impressions of it into a single post! Here come more images, a mix of tourist attractions, shabby corners, glamourous shop windows, old and modern art.

When I seek another word for ‘music’, I never find any other word than ‘Venice’.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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As a native Russian I miss one thing in the Netherlands: snow in the winter. Each time it snows here it feels like a gift (I don’t’ talk about traffic collapses now). I am brought back into my childhood with all its joy. Except, at the time my toys did not include a camera. You got it right: here come some photos!

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