I graduated Moscow Architectural University. As a photographer I'm self-educated except several lessons on analogue photography and alternative processes I took from Mikhail Burlatskiy, Arthur Ionauskas, Aleksandr Posledov, Ivan Kulikov.
I'm based
In Porto, Portugal. My husband Aleksandr Zhuravlev and I moved to Portugal in 2012. Before we were living in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Past and present experiences
Modeling, design, video post production and editing, tattooing, oil painting and ink drawing, stitching, digital and analogue photography, retouching, tutoring.
technical skills
ANKA ZHURAVLEVA. CAMERAS AND EQUIPMENT.
My cameras, lenses and other tools.
Being a true technology geek, I can tell a lot about lenses and how they affect the character of the image.
I love experimenting with equipment.
I have an idea that cameras and lenses for a photographer are like paints, pencils and canvas for a painter.
No doubts that one can create a masterpiece with mobile camera but sometime to achieve a particular goal you need to tailor your equipment depending on your needs.
I used to have Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Pentacon, etc. and dozens of various lenses. They all have their own specific.
To the moment my main digital camera is Sony A7iii.
LIST OF MY EQUIPMENT.
DIGITAL CAMERAS, full frame.
USING NOW.
Sony A7 iii Nikon DF
HAVE BEEN USED BEFORE.
Canon 5d mark 2 Canon 5d mark 3 Canon 5DSR
FILM CAMERAS, 35 mm.
USING NOW.
Canon 5 Nikon fm3a Olympus MJU Nikon 80F
HAVE BEEN USED BEFORE. Zenit, Lomo diana, Zorkiy, Kiev, Olympus Pen.
SOFTWARE & HARDWARE
MAC OS programs - Photoshop & Lightroom (subscription). Capture one (subscription) Affinity
IOS apps - VSCOcam, RNI films, SnapSeed.
Monitor EIZO
Pen Tablet Wacom Bamboo
LARGE FORMAT & CUSTOM MADE.
Various custom made and modified cameras from 6x9 cm to 20x24 cm.