Mikael Kapanaga 2


About

A young travel photographer from Russia.

Creating minimalistic black and white photographs of famous parks and gardens, shorelines and city sights, shooting them out of the tourist season. His works are full of gloomy weather – dark clouds, mist, rain, and the strong wind. Due to bad weather conditions and poor light most of photographs are made with long exposures.

The solitariness in his photographs expresses the detachment from the present, showing the famous places not as the centers of entertainment but as the part of history.


Works

Apollo the Archer — Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany, 2012

Baltic Sea, Study 9 — Zelenogradsk, Kaliningrad district, Russia, 2010

Baltic Sea, Study 22 — Zelenogradsk, Kaliningrad district, Russia, 2010

Bassin de Latone and the Grand Canal — Versailles, France, 2010

Bay of Kotor, Study 2 — Perast, Montenegro, 2009

Broken Branch — Tuapse, Russia, 2010

Cape Fiolent, Study 1 — Fiolent, Crimea, Ukraine, 2011

Charles Bridge, Study 6 — Prague, Czech Republic, 2011

Château de Sceaux — Sceaux, France, 2010

Dalmatian Mountains, Study 4 — Croatia, 2011

Eiffel Tower, Study 7 — Paris, France, 2012

Garden Facade — Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany, 2012

Gendarmenmarkt — Berlin, Germany, 2012

Gulf of Finland, Study 8 — Peterhof, Russia, 2009

Kanavinsky Bridge, Study 2 — Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2009

Ko Phi Phi Don — Andaman Sea, Thailand, 2011

Koh Siray Bay — Thailand, 2011

La Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Study 3 — Paris, France, 2012

Lighthouse — Sochi, Russia, 2010

Midnight Moon — Odintsovo, Russia, 2009

Lower Park, Study 2 — Peterhof, Russia, 2010

Neptunbrunnen (Neptune Fountain), Study 1 — Berlin, Germany, 2012

Neptune Fountain, Study 4 — Peterhof, Russia, 2011

Ostankino Tower — Moscow, Russia, 2009

Parc de Sceaux, Study 1 — Sceaux, France, 2010

Parting of the Ways — Tsarskoe Selo, Pushkin, Russia, 2011

Phang Nga Bay, Study 8 — Thailand, 2011

Peter and Paul Fortress, Study 8 — St. Petersburg, Russia, 2012

Rovinj Old Town, Study 2 — Rovinj, Croatia, 2011

Sevastopol Bay — Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, 2011

St. George's Rock, Study 3 — Fiolent, Crimea, Ukraine, 2011

The Mirage, Gulf of Finland — St. Petersburg, Russia, 2010

The Upper Bathhouse, Study 1 — Tsarskoe Selo, Pushkin, Russia, 2011

Three Girls and a Boy — Berlin, Germany, 2012

Trafalgar Square Fountain — London, England, 2012

Trees on the Dunes — Zelenogradsk, Kaliningrad district, Russia, 2010