Hi, I'm Anastasia Shevelyova.

 I was born and raised in Gelendzhik. After years living in St. Petersburg and Vietnam, I chose to return to my hometown - its rhythm intertwined with nature and my faith in its future called me back.

 My first camera was a pinhole made from a matchbox and a roll of film.

 After school, I studied at St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts, specializing in Film and Photography (with a degree in Studio Direction). And so it began.

 I've trained relentlessly - private mentors, retouching courses, Maxim Churkin's fashion photography intensive at Studio 212, workshops with Konstantin Sorokin, Amlab.me and Igor Brehov courses, and webinars by Tatiana Ivanova, Anna Radcheko..

 My thesis "The Aestheticization of Death in Fine Art Photography" is available here.

 What inspires me? The kaleidoscope of perspectives, passions, personalities and a raw beauty of bodies.