VICTORIA POPOVA

about me
i am:

✦ photographer/video editor/costume designer based in London, UK
  
i:
✧ use multimedia approach for post-production
✧ film and edit videos (fashion, YouTube, social media, art projects, events and music concerts)
love to work and experiment with sound design
✧ do costume design for films
✧ worked with theatre, musicians and artists
✧ work with photographs in darkroom




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DEUS:   088/26812—81
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THIS SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS STARTED AS AN ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE NATURE, PEOPLE, MOMENTS, AND ROUTINES AROUND ME, AND ENDED UP AS A RECORD OF EXPLORING THE UNFAMILIAR AND FASCINATING WORLD BY MYSELF, EMBRACING LONELINESS (WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT WHEN YOU MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY), SOMETIMES FEELING LIKE A LOST KID WITH A FILM CAMERA.

THE SEA, SHADOWS OF TREES AND SEAGULLS BECAME SOME KIND OF ANCHORS THAT HELPED ME TO FEEL LESS LIKE A STRANGER IN UNCOMMON PLACES.

I KEPT NOTES OF WORDS, SENTENCES, AND PARAGRAPHS I PICKED UP HERE AND THERE. SOME OF THEM SOUNDED INTERESTING, FUN OR STRANGE TO ME, SOME HELPED ME TO DESCRIBE FEELINGS AND HOW I SEE THE WORLD AROUND ME + A FEW WORDS OR SAYINGS I DIDN’T KNOW BEFORE. I USED SOME OF THEM FOR THE TITLES. 



FOUR-LEAF CLOVER.
ROAD TO THE FILM SET AFTER A SLEEPLESS NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING TRAIN FROM LONDON.


THE WICKERMAN!




ALONE.


DIZZY SPELLS.



LOST WORLD.





APART.




“I HOPE DEATH IS LIKE BEING CARRIED  TO YOUR BEDROOM WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD AND FELL ASLEEP ON THE COUCH DURING A FAMILY PARTY.
I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR THE LAUGHTER FROM THE NEXT ROOM.”



THE MOTHER.













PLACE FROM A RECURRING DREAM.


SELFPORTRAIT.



2025