Watching kids, I noticed how they are able to create visual images in their minds while playing and how the toys came to life in their hands. So, I tried to capture those images with my camera and found a new perspective (quite literally, actually) of the situation and looked at the world in the way my kids do daily. It started as a fun game for me and my kids to create these little stories, by searching for perfect locations. And so, the patch of land became a desert, young grass turned to the jungle, an anthill for us looked like a battlefield. All the toys came to life.

My journey as a photographer started with a film camera given to me by my father. I have always taken a lot of pictures. Although I studied graphic design, it was photography that stayed with me to this day.

Photography is my absolute passion. If I don't photograph anything for a week, I start to get anxious. I always have to create something.

We spent the quarantine in nature and there were no people around, so photographing toys compensated for my hunger for creativity. The hardest part was getting down to the level of the toys, which means that almost all the pictures were taken lying on the ground. But it was still a much easier process than photographing living objects - the toys listened to me very well and did not move. Also, this project obliged me to go outside with the children, to involve them in the creative process.

After the project, however, I am now concentrating on portraits of living people and I am also thinking about a personal exhibition someday.