SWEET VICTORY

 THERE WAS ONCE A TIME, NOT TOO LONG AGO, WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT THE EAST AND THE WEST AS TWO SEPARATE WORLDS. THIS TIME HAS GONE BY AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED. AND EVEN THOUGH SOME THINGS STILL COULD DO WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT, PROBABLY ON BOTH SIDES, THE GENERATION OF TODAY CAN AT LEAST ENJOY SIMILAR INTERESTS. TO A CERTAIN DEGREE. 

 If something is such an integral part of your life, could you really say it is your profession? Max Orlov is in his early 3O’s and has been photographing more than half of his life. He was given his first camera when he was 10 years old and used that one for about 8 years. The time it took him to not only learn how to take pictures, but – more importantly – how to see. It’s without doubt that he did master the skill, as we have seen on many occasions already. Max is an authority when it comes to photographing male beauty from Russia.

 Ivan most definitely is the personification of the new generation of Russians. Born and raised in the capital city Moscow, he is a man of the world, even though he is only 20 years old. Part time student and part time club dancer, Ivan is a man with many interests and has embraced all the modern world has to offer for someone who is just starting his adult life. He counts Lady gaga and LA rock band 30 Seconds to Mars among his music idols, just finished George Martin’s Storm of Swords and names August Rush, The perks of Being a Wallflower and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as his favorite movies. The typical choices of a young man who discovers all the world has to offer to him.

 But Ivan is also in other things a man of today. Life in Moscow is not the same as living in Europe, or the Unites States, or Australia. Ivan’s life has known many small battles and many small victories. According to him to worth talking about but nevertheless of great importance to him. And he is aware, there are still more victories to claim in the years to come. Though he loves living his life of a young adolescent, he is serious about his future and works hard to get his degrees and hopefully a good job. In the meantime he works hard on himself, both physical by swimming and regular work out sessions, as mental, by trying hard to give his life purpose and meaning. Conscious about himself and his looks, he also took the brave initiative to sort out Max Orlov and set his first steps in the field of modeling. With his taste for sweet and his yearning for victories, we have no doubt Ivan won’t be dancing in the dark for long. –BM-