{"id":30731,"date":"2024-09-06T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muse.international\/?p=30731"},"modified":"2024-10-17T05:30:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T05:30:18","slug":"interview-with-mika-stetsovski-from-armenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-with-mika-stetsovski-from-armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Mika Stetsovski | An Armenian Photographer Fascinated with Desolated Places"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mika Stetsovski from Yerevan, Armenia is a photographer whose fascination with desolate places, particularly those in the former USSR. His love for these places is due to how they belong to everyone and no one at the same time. He likes the feelings of space and calmness that these places fulfill in his photographs while inspiring others to walk, travel, observe, and capture photos in the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a photographer currently residing in Yerevan, Armenia. I&#8217;ve always been fascinated by desolate places, particularly those in the former USSR, and I&#8217;ve wanted to photograph them to better preserve them in my memory and in history as a form of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mika Stetsovski Q2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I developed some of my early photography skills simply by watching my father take photos during our summer family vacations. Years later, I began working as a photo editor at a news outlet, where I learned more about photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe my first shot with a \u2018Smena\u2019 film camera was of a view of our garden at our dacha\u2014a village house where we spent our summer days when I was a young boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photography encompasses many genres, techniques, philosophies, and creative approaches. I simply choose the ones that resonate with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/angeljsanchez\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link external\"><i class=\"icon-instagram\" style=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.angeljsanchez.com\/angeljsanchez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"external\"><i class=\"icon-globe-line\" style=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/muse.international\/?p=27215\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mika Stetsovski from Yerevan, Armenia is a photographer whose fascination with desolate places, particularly those in the former USSR. 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