In 2024 I visited South Korea, where I stayed in its two largest cities — the capital, Seoul, and the coastal Busan — and stopped in Beijing on the way back.
The street life of these places became the basis of my series.
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2026All-Russian Decade of Creative University GraduatesSergey Andriaka Academy of Watercolour and Fine Arts, Moscow
Seoul is an enormous city where tradition sits next to urban chaos, where the streets pulse with life and the neon signs of cafés and restaurants create the feeling of an endless evening.
It was there that I first found myself at a giant flea market that takes up an entire block.
I was struck by how full of contrast everyday life in Korea is: against the backdrop of modern buildings you see young women in traditional hanbok walking calmly down the street.
That visual rift between the past and the present became the leitmotif of my cycle.
Gongpyeong-dong is an old quarter right in the centre of Seoul, hemmed in on every side by office towers.
In the evening small eateries open under the red awnings. People come in to eat standing, still in their work clothes. I liked that this ordinary, unhurried life has stayed on in the middle of the business district.
