Olivier Martel has captured the beauty of the Russian soul through these stunning photographs. Some reveal the work devotly carried out within the churches, others the splendor of the costumes and the liturgy. Then there are the images of peasants chatting over a fence, children fishing off the end of wooden jetty, the sweeper at play with his dog, a horse hitched to a sleigh, the tram rocking through the mist or the tractor laboring through the snow....

“It is indeed through its “soul” that Russia continues to distinguish itself from other nations and to seduce, intrigue and fascinate.”

Dominique Fernandez

Femmes Eternelles Roissy exhibition