Everything is pink or on its way there. Sasha Tsyganok photographs Vasilina Kireenko across five looks that run from hot fuchsia mohair to pale cream crochet to blush silk. The effect is less of a styled editorial than a color study that happens to involve fashion. Kireenko is a Russian transplant in Paris; she has a runway presence that belies how quietly she moves through these frames — barefoot, loose-haired, carefree. Tsyganok shoots mostly against a flat grey studio backdrop that lets the warmth of the palette do much of the talking.
One frame breaks from the backdrop: Kireenko stands at a rain-spattered window in a white broderie anglaise shirt, rooftops and nearby trees blurred behind the glass, and the shift in light and tone adds variance. By the time the viewer follows the model to the backlit scene, the controlled studio warmth has been so consistent that a grey, wet exterior reads as a release rather than an interruption. The closer pulls tight on Kireenko's face in that fuchsia mohair, eyes lifted, and it's the kind of image that could carry a cover.
Makeup/Hair Dasha Gudkova
