"In the middle there is my father. Yuriy who was 20 years younger than my mother and she is holding their first child. It's one of the few photos of my father that I know of. I've never met him, he died before my birth."
"The first husband of my mother Vladimir with my brothers Tolik and Vova. Mom pregnant with my other brother Senega."
"My grandfather Maxim surrounded by my brothers, sisters, my father and my mother, who was pregnant with their first child Nastya."
"Happy moments from my childhood with my brother Sergei, little niece, best friends and my first love."
"Me and my best friend and my first love 2009."
"Me and two of my best friends."
"Picture of my oldest sister Lydia with her husband and their daughter."
"Me and my mother Jeanne in the hallway in front of an apartment in Nikopol."
"My brothers Sergei and Volodymyr hang out with their friends on our district in Nikopol."
"At grandmas place with my sisters and nieces."
"My sister Anastasia with her first love during her 16's."
"The day when my sister Anastasia arrived to Nikopol from Kyiv we spend a whole day walking around our hometown. That was the moment when she decided to save my life. Next year I was on the train to Kyiv."
Credits
Photography: Daniil Kotlyar
As featured in SLEEK 76 FREEDOM. Available in print and digital here.