People

  • Dates
    2014 - 2019
  • Author
  • Locations Los Angeles, Tokyo, East Java, Nha Trang, Phuket, Málaga, Beersheba, Bali, Russia

The people shots from various projects and stories gathered in one place. In between conceptual and documentary. Diversity, variety was the simple inspirational idea.

© Nikolay Epifanov - Image from the People photography project
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Unexpected Discovery. This guy started posing, almost automatically, as soon as he saw I was taking his picture while he waited at the traffic light. A part of Japan Documentary Project, May, 2019.

© Nikolay Epifanov - Image from the People photography project
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The Girl. Initially I wanted to take a picture of this group of businessmen returning from an event. But the girl suddenly appeared in frame offering bright contrast. A part of Japan Documentary Project, May, 2019.

© Nikolay Epifanov - First Fire. Targeted burning of forests to clear the area for the development of a residential quarter. Moscow region, 2015.
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First Fire. Targeted burning of forests to clear the area for the development of a residential quarter. Moscow region, 2015.

© Nikolay Epifanov - Attention. It appears only the painted girl and nobody else cares about this homeless man. Los-Angeles Downtown, 2017.
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Attention. It appears only the painted girl and nobody else cares about this homeless man. Los-Angeles Downtown, 2017.

© Nikolay Epifanov - Thoughts. On the way from Abakan to Tuva. 2017.
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Thoughts. On the way from Abakan to Tuva. 2017.

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Traffic controller in Nha-Trang city center. This small passage is 1km long and connects a local highway (to the left) and a major tourist street (to the right) with the poor local district in between. Locals living here need to be aware of the train passing through every 30 minutes. I took a specific route through some Asian countries to show raw life close to major resort cities, underlining the adaptation process locals have undergone as a result of the widespread invasion of tourism in the region.

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Grit. Cycling professional and coach forced to migrate to Spain due to the difficult political situation in his home country.

© Nikolay Epifanov - The Phonecall. A man speaking on the phone near a cliff edge with a baby in his arms, the Negev desert, Israel, 2017.
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The Phonecall. A man speaking on the phone near a cliff edge with a baby in his arms, the Negev desert, Israel, 2017.

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Mount Ijen, Indonesia, 2016. It has been more than 64 years since Mount Ijen last erupted, but the volcano is still very much alive, and it is being mined by some of the toughest men in the world. One trail unites tourists, miners and guides, who were often mine workers in the past. Part of “The Toughest Job” project.

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Tired Family. This family experienced a four hour wild ride through the Indonesian roads to reach their resort village. They were captured in their first moments on the seashore.

© Nikolay Epifanov - Smile. Tourists on the boat having fun because of heavy rain conditions.
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Smile. Tourists on the boat having fun because of heavy rain conditions.

© Nikolay Epifanov - Red Box. A woman throws fish waste back into the water. Nha-Trang, Vietnam, 2017.
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Red Box. A woman throws fish waste back into the water. Nha-Trang, Vietnam, 2017.

© Nikolay Epifanov - Fisherman. Busan, South Korea, 2016
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Fisherman. Busan, South Korea, 2016

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Racer. An old woman walks through the car park with her baby carriage during a Porshe Driving Experience day at Moscow Raceway.

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