Crossing Over

In March 2012 Yanina Shevchenko travelled from one end of Russia to the other and back again on the trans-siberian railway in a bid to discover for herself the true nature of her homeland. In the space of two weeks she spent a total of twelve days onboard, mingling with her fellow travellers and watching the Russian landscape unfold itself from her carriage window. Born in Volgograd of Russian-Belorussian descent, Yanina was motivated to unearth what ´Russianess´ meant and whether it existed as a single entity from one end of the motherland to the other. What she encountered and discovered about Russia, and thus about herself, is documented in her book of writings and photography ´Crossing Over´. Yanina Shevchenko is a Russian-born photographer. She has worked in New York, Moscow and Buenos Aires and recently graduated from Goldsmiths University of London, MA in Photography and Urban Cultures. Her interests in photography are human identity, personal stories, urban and rural landscape. Edition of 300