TITLE: Citizens of Heaven

Photography is a special world in which our feelings, emotions and memory are manifested. For me, the most important thing in photography is a person. The world is assessed through the prism of human existence by the person himself. Many works of art in literature, cinema, music and painting are dedicated to him. Photography is no exception. The best photo is the one that conveys not only a person's appearance, but his deep inner world, character, soul.
I have been photographing for over ten years. During this time, I was convinced that the most beautiful people are monks. Monastic beauty is different, unearthly, spiritual. There is something about them that attracts the eye, and this is not just curiosity. They reveal something else unknown to human vision, a light that can only be seen with the eyes of the heart. Remember Antoine de Saint-Exupery, "The Little Prince":
"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

AUTHOR: Andrey Rassanov (Russian Federation)