Hi we are
Valery Rankova and Bazhenov Oleksandr

A great deal of ideas and a camera in hand
we roam the streets of Milan posing with statues and hunting for just the right light.
Sneaking past the amused looks of locals we try bringing to life a vision of our own.

Discover our Works
Street Photography / Milan / 2021-2023

Sun and Moon

Sun

In alchemic and Hermetic traditions, suns are used to symbolize a variety of concepts,
much like the sun in astrology. Suns can correspond to gold, citrinitas, generative masculine principles, imagery of "the king",
or Apollo, the fiery spirit or sulfur,the divine spark in man,nobility, or incorruptibility. Recurring images of specific solar motifs
can be found in the form of a "Dark" or "Black Sun", or a green lion devouring a sun

Moon

"If I get to know her then I might save her
Stars in your eyes, let the moon talk
I could stay a while 'fore I move on
Hoodie sleeves up, let the mask off
Mixed our tears on the asphalt"
The basic alchemical slogan 'solve et coagula', is the process of dissolving (moon) in order to coagulate (sun) the essential,
each time refining the process more and more until it is pure spirit.

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Neon vapor wave

About

Alchemical element = air,gas state, vaporwave music,bright colors, blu.

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Copper

About

Copper, rustic, shabby, corrosion, copper or dark red color.

Ispiration

Association and inspiration with grunge style aesthetics

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Fire

About

To those mystery schools, it is fire that Prometheus stole from the gods to bring us out of bondage.
In the secret societies, fire (intellect) will allow them to conquer man, conquer nature, and bring them into godhood (apotheosis).

Ispiration

Film "Eyes Wide Shut" of Stanley Kubrick, 1999.

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Mercury

About

Therefore, in alchemy, mercury was believed to shift between life and death.

Ispiration

One of the paintings of the regency period

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