Ruins: The series reflects on the role and place of the ruined church in contemporary Russian landscape, and on how it relates to the country’s perception of history and time. Scattered throughout the landscape the ruins come as remnants of Russia’s own antiquity, something not too distant in time, but seemingly unrelated to the country of today. As Russia seems to be searching its past for the lost identity, the ruins pose a question: who does the society associate itself with—those who built these churches, or those who closed them down? Neither, or both? 

Works from the project were shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Award in 2016, Moscow Photobookfest in 2017, International Photography Grant in 2020. 

A book titled After the Past was published in 2024. The book includes 70 works out of more than 250 made between 2013 and 2022 in Belgorod, Vladimir, Vologda, Ivanovo, Kaluga, Kursk, Kostroma, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Oryol, Penza, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula and Yaroslavl regions of Russia.