Ephemera / 露命

• Photographer
  Kseniia Okorokova
• Technical Info
  Filmed On Kodak Ektar H35 (kodak Ultra Max400 Film)
• Photo Date
  10th of March 2025

Pursued by thoughts about the meaning of human life and one's true purpose, me and my best friend embarked on a grand journey through Japan in an attempt to find something. And we both did find it. Something important, different for each of us. Have you ever looked at the sun and started crying? What if the crying wasn't caused by the light's brightness and the reason was more profound but also so fleeting that you couldn't realize it? Through the lens I captured simple scenes evoking inexplicable overwhelming emotion; in this series I present photos I took in Aomori, the middle of our trip.

Born on the outskirts of Moscow, currently a third-year student at MGIMO, studying Japanese as a first foreign language and English as a second. Deeply passionate about the arts—photography, ceramics, painting, and piano—striving to express life and emotion in ways that resonate across cultures. Practices Japanese martial arts (1st dan in Bujinkan) both in Russia and in Japan (three trips as of now). An active participant in international conferences and travel, with a growing network of acquaintances around the world.