We are the creators of the fashion photo project IVAN MARAIS
https://www.ivanmarais.com/

Ivan has been working since 2001. Has a humanitarian, artistic and religious education. Also designer in the Architectural environment and graphic designer.

Nastya are fashion consultant. She will take care of the quality during the shooting process. In the same way, she controls the character of modern fashion art.

Personal old site of Ivan https://ivan-kasimov.wixsite.com/main

Links on our social network pages:
https://instagram.com/ivanmaraisphoto
https://www.facebook.com/ivanmaraisphoto
https://vk.com/ivanmarais
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWssqvziigQPdlLhPdwZtxQ

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Art gives people international status. We understand each other without words. We are glad to have the opportunity to touch the creativity of other people. It's incredibly interesting!

We do not travel often. But we are always ready to meet with the guests of our city .

Interests

• fashion
• contemporary art
• photography
• film making
• cooking
• pizza
• china
• chinese culture
• learning english
• new york
• learning chinese
• cognac
• chinese tea ceremony
• fashion photography

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
techno, Indies, country

Movies:
Buffalo '66 (1998), Kynodontas (2009), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Trainspotting (1995), Ladri di biciclette (1948)

Books:
Don't Shoot the Dog! (Karen Pryor - behaviorist), Rich Dad Poor Dad (Robert Kiyosaki - businessman),

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In 2016 and 2017, We made two feature films about the Second World War, and received a prize of audience sympathy at the Bridge of Arts festival.

Teach, Learn, Share

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What I Can Share with Hosts

We are well versed in modern fashion photography and how to earn it. Let's talk about photo production in fashion industry. Also talk about the experience of short feature films.

We will give you tips on how to take great shots on inexpensive cameras and phones and to use Adobe's photo editors.

We will tell you about the history of art, and about contemporary art. Also about the philosophy of postmodernity.

On the culture and history of Russia, its southern part, the history of the development of the southern boundaries, the Cossacks. We can be guides to historical and art museums.

I will cook a real Russian soup «borsch»

We'll teach you how to make real Italian pizza according to the author's recipe of Giovanni Paciniotti!

And also Russian hospitality, friendship, information about locals, traditions and etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Egypt, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation