Unrivaled beauty, Award winning, Photographic essay, festive scene, mid-distance view, (Maslenitsa:1.3), Russian winter festival. Crowd celebrations, performing traditional rituals, ice sculptures, bonfire, snow battles, merrymaking, feasting, colored costumes, folk dance performances, cultural preservation, vivid, large format camera, medium format, Fuji Velvia, golden hour, frozen river Volga, richly detailed, warm tones, inviting ambiance, timeless moments, immortalizing human experience, artisan approach, unparalleled sense of place, historical documentary. by: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Steven Belledin
((Maslenitsa:1.3)), Russian winter festival. 