Apr 27—May 12 2019
Buritō Kōsū
The most mind blowing photographic course in history.
Moscow
16
days
In a row: character design from backstory to attire, creating props, building worlds, lighting sets and shooting crazy pictures.
5
characters
Each with their own backstory, surrounding world, costume, props, protagonists and shooting approach.
7
photoshoots
Each with its own concept, unique combination of approach, techniques, lighting scheme and special effects.
4x5
We then went further in playing with different visual styles. Shot with Sinar 4×5 field camera on old black and white film sheets, these photographs pay tribute to the classical XIX century samurai portraits.
1st (of seven) course photoshoot
Videographers: Nikita Goryachkin and Elina Wexler
Editing: Nikita Goryachkin
Course team and partners
Producers: Polina Efremenko, Kristina Kryzhanovskaya, Anna Bednieri
Technical director: Timur Ivanov
Chief engineer: Ilya Ponomarev
Production team: Kamil Guliev, Irina Ruleva, Vyacheslav Konev, Serj Longray, Tatyana Gallyamova, Nikolai Wilflingsider
Guest costume designer: Maria Meleshko
Guest collaborators: Marina Kovalishina, Catherine Zolotukhina, Anna Fedoruk, Anna Musatova, Alexander Podgornykh
BTS-cinematographers: Nikita Goryachkin, Elina Wexler
BTS-photographer: Elina Wexler
Documentary director: Varvara Gladkaya
Sound engineer: Olga Lopina
Sound team: Grigory Rastatuev, Sergei Arakeliants

Thanks to Broncolor Russia/Sinar Swiss (SBF Moscow) and Sergey Rumyantsev for technical support, Zabota Coworking and Elya Logina for giving the course a magnificent home

A very special thanks to Velvet Music & Burito for believing in such a crazy idea and trusting our artistic vision!

Moscow, 2019