Ovcharenko’s depiction of powerful women feels rooted in the radical visual language of early Soviet photography—as does her use of sport as a metaphor for community.
Dasha Yastrebova captures a fleeting moment in Moscow’s queer underground.
Vicki Goldberg assesses the contemporary work of Vadim Guschchin and Nikolai Kulebyakin.
Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.