In our time, travel rarely leads to ground-breaking new findings, most of the places on our planet have already been ‘discovered’ and much of the population has been subjected to global, visual uniformity. My generation of world wanderers will likely be the last to experience the pleasure of encountering something entirely unfamiliar, chancing upon the forgotten and the unspoilt, enclaves where human inhabitants have remained essentially unchanged, since the beginning of time.
I wander around the world through dusty roads of small villages, winding mountain paths and narrow lanes of ancient towns. I search for people whose faces, bodies, clothes, adornments, beliefs and occupations say as much about who they were as who they presently are. But one day a child, wearing a baseball cap and a unisex ‘made in China’ t-shirt questions his or her parents’ way of life and this signals the change of an era. Generations will pass, cultures will die out and an identity of a people will transform beyond recognition. The photographic image will become a testament, a reminder of the way things were and the way they will never be again. To me this is the essence of photography. I want to embrace the beauty of that which is disappearing and in a sense immortalize it in my photographs.
My name is Mitchell Kanashkevich. This website is a showcase of my selected works and a place where people can obtain my photographic prints. Be sure to check out the high-quality ".PDF" Catalogs under "Fine Art Prints Section". In the not-too-distant future it will also be a source of information about exhibitions of my work and my newest photographic projects.