ABOUT INNA ZAYTSEVA, PHOTOGRAPHER

What is my story?

A photographer’s work is what they notice.
Vision — a mix of emotions which the person went through, life experience, which prescribes what exactly the person sees.

This is how from childhood I naturally developed the habit of observing people. My mother got sick when I was 5. Being a very well-educated and intelligent woman, she rarely complained about something or made requests, despite becoming less and less independent. In an attempt to help, to see the person’s needs in a silent, the skill to notice the smallest emotions, mood changings and shades of character got sharpened.

The photographic camera was found in one of the cabinet boxes in our living room in our house in the country village “Actor”, where I spent my summers among well-known artists of the Maly Theater. From the age of 12 I was taking pictures with an analogue camera.
Spying on the neighbour’s art, spending all the days in the house of the artist’s workshop, my fingers got glued to the camera more and more.

At the age of 15 my father gave me a small digital Pentax as a present. Although the camera was always with us and I was shooting a lot, at the age of 16, when my father passed away I realised that there are not so many pictures of him in the family archive left. As a result, I started to take pictures more and more. Thanks to a sea wave, which killed my Pentax and due to that I bought a professional digital camera.

At some point, I started modelling myself. That experience allows me to know exactly how it’s to be at on other side of the camera. I precisely know the whole Spector of emotions that can shackle in from of the camera and I know how to help to relax.

During my studies, I brought up determinateness, dealing with deadlines at the right time, ability to work in a team and work hard.

I got exhibited in world-renowned photography museums and became a speaker at international conferences about art, and diversity.

I moved my whole business to Germany many years ago, still considering Italy and Switzerland as my second home. Nowadays, I’m dealing with preparing concepts for major brands and private clients, epitomizing beauty in life and creating timeless memories which live long life.