Red Poppies of Chu Valley by Galina Toktalieva This is the story of Kyrgyz girl who in turbulent time left her impoverished country for West Europe and came through disastrous experiences of emigration escaping grip of sex trade emissaries – to become eventually professional photographer and American world agency reporter. (The view of red poppies [...]
By Galina Toktalieva Among other dreams for paranormal powers, I had dream of myself splitting in two and keeping company of my duplicate. I envisioned complete understanding between those two – the sort of intimacy identical twins have. Looking around, I knew I would stay inexplicable for ever. It is rare that friends have similar [...]
by Galina Toktalieva As quick portraiture photographer and sporadic photo model I have never met someone really joyful about her own portraits, including myself. Moreover, certain persons, who at first enthusiastically pose, give signs of bitter disappointment with their pictures afterwards. Similarly to me – when I posture for my colleagues, – my improvised models [...]
VIENNA-Galina Toktalieva street photography showcase
Nothing is more tormenting than longevity of empty days, for me and, I guess, crucial for my future as author, many a time I found myself weeping in the cold kitchen feeling helpless, after pacing the room for hours, weeping because I could not easily express myself – in English. I registered then, that my [...]
Kallypso, my dear self, you know that usually I start my everyday street hunt with great enthusiasm. But gradually becoming tired, struggling forward and finding nothing interesting to shoot, frozen, hungry, I feel misery. Shoulder with camera bag aches. It is not so easy to find original face in the street at all. After so [...]
