“Guardians” is a series of black-and-white photographs created inside a sculptor’s studio, where shadows, textures, and crafted objects form a silent mythology of their own. Surrounded by horns, tools, and remnants of past work, the space turns into a ritual environment where reality shifts toward symbolism. Each figure appears not merely as a model but as a spirit or guardian of the studio, an embodiment of the presence that lingers in places shaped by hands, craft, and time. The styling draws loosely from Buryat aesthetics—evocative rather than literal—moving between cultural memory and artistic interpretation. The collection explores the tension between body and artifact, material and myth, gesture and stillness. Every image captures a moment where the past murmurs through natural forms, where craft becomes ritual, and where femininity is rendered as power, mystery, and quiet resilience. “Guardians” invites viewers into a space suspended between myth and contemporary art—an intimate encounter with the spirit of place and the unseen forces that protect it.