I took this photo when I was 16. It was the first studio shooting in my life. I didn’t know anything about the camera settings then, I was afraid to touch the lamps in the studio. I shot in auto mode. I did not know then any photographer, except for Helmut Newton. This was my friend's home photography studio. The model in the photo has also never participated in any photo shoots. It was a completely new experience that radically changed us. She became an actress, and I became a film director and photographer.

This is about youth and interest, about a new experience into which we can fall. About fearlessness. About the fact that you always have to take and do, even when it's scary and you don't know what will come of it.

Resolution: 2568 х 3912 pх Photography, Kazan, 2008