Утро на Курильском

In the quiet hours before sunrise, a family of brown bears makes its way through the shallow waters of Kuril Lake in Kamchatka. The mother leads her cubs across the reflective surface, silhouetted against a backdrop of misty mountains and a moody sky. Captured with medium format precision by Nikolay Zinovev, this image evokes the raw beauty and solitude of Russia’s wild northern landscapes at dawn.