Our Island by Natalya Vanina

You would often give in and share your sweets with me because I was the youngest. When we grew up, we would part for a long time and see little of each other.
Our Island | Natalya Vanina

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“Our Island” project in progress is my personal story where, through my memories, I try to understand my relationship with a close person. Also it is an opportunity to explore an unfamiliar place and tell the viewer about it.

Dear brother! You’ve been gone for 8 years, but connection between us is still not broken. In the childhood I was glad to have an elder brother.

You would often give in and share your sweets with me because I was the youngest. When we grew up, we would part for a long time and see little of each other. You lived in Saint Petersburg and traveled to many countries as a sailor. Everything changed when our father passed away, it brought us very close together. Then our mother passed away, too, and we were left alone. They say childhood ends when parents depart. I did not notice how I became the eldest in the family.

Our Island | Natalya Vanina
Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Recently, looking through family archives, I came across a small episode from the past. It turned out that you had been living on Kanonersky Island for almost two years. This is the place where your life in the city began. 10 years ago, my daughter and I moved to Saint Petersburg because once you and I had decided to stick together.

The last eighteen months we had been living nearby were difficult, but we used to walk together a lot. I remember you mention the Island several times and we even made a trip there. I remember the tunnel, a lot of stones and the bay, but that’s it. The memory did not save anything else.

Saint Petersburg is a maritime city, formed of 100 islands, and Kanonersky Island stands out among them. The locals lovingly call it the “Canaries”. There are no granite embankments and palace ensembles, this is a working maritime outskirts of the city. Until 1981, it wasn’t even marked on the maps, and many years later the map showed only half of the Island. People could get to the Island only with a special pass and by water. Everything changed when a tunnel was built in 1983 and now the Island can be reached by public transport.

A lot of time has passed and everything has undoubtedly changed there. As a tribute to you, I’m going on a trip now along our Island.

Our Island | Natalya Vanina
Our Island | Natalya Vanina

About Natalya Vanina

Natalya Vanina, photographer, resides in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She has a higher education degree in advertising. She has been engaged in photography since 2015, and took training courses at the School of Academic Photography, Saint Petersburg. Her favorite genres are reportage and street photography. For her the most important thing in photography is ability to convey emotion of the specific time and place, to preserve the moment and share it with other people. [Official Website]

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

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Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

Our Island | Natalya Vanina

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