In April 2015 I spent one week on Simple Wine News magazine assignment in Burgundy, photographing some of the greatest winemakers of the region. Here is the series of portraits shot for the magazine (color) and also as a part of my personal series (black and white).
As one of the outcomes of this series I have assembled a short slideshow called The Listeners
«They do the most elegant, astonishingly complex and intriguing wines. They are Burgundy winemakers. They are humble, they say that they do not make wine, they just assist the vine through its lifecycle. They are listeners. They listen to the soil, the winds, the clouds and the rains, the Moon and the Sun, everything that is being more and more neglected by the digital generation. Their faces help to us to become listeners.»
Interview: Vasily Raskov
Stylist and set-designer: Tatiana Blinova
Photography and editing: Andrew Kovalev
Stylist and set-designer: Tatiana Blinova
Photography and editing: Andrew Kovalev
Photo editor: Sonia Markova
Burgundy, April 2015