Anatoly Petrenko was born in the former Soviet Union. He started to use photography to express his artistic vision of aesthetics of light and form since he was 16 years old. His affinity with mountains and how they define the landscape had a consistent presence in his life since the first mountaineering expedition to Caucasus. Since then his love for the mountains grew ever stronger and led him to Pamir, Tian Shan and Himalayas. HIs relationship with a subject matter is more archetypal, even mystical. — “Mountains provide exceptional conditions for men’s...more
