Yanina Shevchenko | Crossing Over | (RUS) | By Lee Fleming







Crossing Over is a photographic diary by photographer Yanina Shevchenko of her trip across Russia on the Trans-Siberian railway, an epic route that covers China (Beijing,Erlian), Mongolia (Ultan Bator) and Russia (Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Moscow). Russian-Born photographer Shevchenko is currently based in Barcelona, Spain. Having graduated from Goldsmiths, University or London and studied at Moscow Academy of Photography and the International Center of Photography in New York, Shevchenko's previously worked in New York, Moscow, Buenos Aires and London. The project utilises the Trans-Siberian train journey as a means of personal exploration, crossing the extensive landscape and cultural changes along the way.
To view more of Yanina Shevchenko's photography visit her website and/or Urban Photographers, an international group of photographers and artists with shared interest in urban spaces and places, of which Shevchenko is a coordinator and founding member.



