When I lived in Veliky Ustyug and photographed this city, it was difficult for me to go beyond the boundaries and shoot freely in any other place. There were sometimes moments when I would relax somewhere not at home and take pictures in relatively dangerous neighborhoods.

![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmUbTsQuJQz3EHjb8yWrzTkcsTgVYzCKSidzDEeQ4jtTzv/image.png)

Right now, there are no places for me where I would feel uncomfortable or not be able to photograph something.
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There is only an adequate sense of common sense and basic security.
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That is, I will not approach a crowd of aggressive drunks who communicate with each other on the verge of a fight.
https://sun9-49.userapi.com/s/v1/if2/ynG8rgXcKXbrzLFuijmMEEKrdCW7gLIrhzQmEmzIweeL_hqRqEVLsdBuD11wAfgNaVHCgp9bIvvWThlmq_j3gp7e.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0

But there were quite a few cases when adequate drunk people contacted me kindly.
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If Ustyug used to be a home and was some kind of imaginary protection: a lot of friends, acquaintances and all sorts of connections.
https://sun9-12.userapi.com/s/v1/if2/7Gc0Ic5oIO-BnrEs-Xf4tRFbu8Wf1LzF2mFWH1MFsWYkwMDN-envCDkRoD7AmLGLRzKMl6a3BXUnieh0-4IVC1OG.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0

Now I'm on my own and I feel much more confident and stronger.
https://sun9-17.userapi.com/s/v1/if2/rffLDyC-WDEXfjm1JFfcTwYc4TU1s9IlqSaM6dsrcVhCwnXWjHbkdD4C9NRQUslUNgXekRo2XBBcgU-2bJokMDIv.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0

...This city has remained a home, but it has long been no longer a fortress.
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If you don't live in a place for a long time, then you feel like a stranger in it.
https://sun9-51.userapi.com/s/v1/if2/35b3I4cEtVvE0vIWZ_hpTD-DqlifGqWJFPgbL_l2E9tlkaTsRnyy4HKn3AEaPu-f4GY7nWjacvsqih404nAAvknI.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0

I still know every corner of it.
https://sun9-35.userapi.com/s/v1/if2/dJ8wxki7Ff5_Zd5HKZ15oDlNNM7rYSPU50-Kmxek_I9fXBjhBHXX7c1PeJqIUVCv7ge7UaIfMuP16v2JfPhDIQth.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0

I still remember where the best places to take photos are.
https://sun9-70.userapi.com/s/v1/if2/78vLb0hR4aFrCwK35sFOjMaCAwa8OMlPZw16WCLuGHMCDFBeAJyneJs1j2dHfWuK59w1ErWKlDRCre0JLrFEWI67.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0

But it is perceived differently, as from the past.
https://sun9-73.userapi.com/s/v1/if2/wBG173FCYIIa6kAHwT1kszUa5HEo048o0-C-c5qSi8Ld5C3u43xjFdP_XiLlFYsOlrE7E-058AHzxVXjomG1xv5o.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0

Maybe this is the past? In other words, each of my visits to Veliky Ustyug is a journey into the past...
https://sun9-8.userapi.com/s/v1/if2/Lil8Cl1NPH7xal0ayV34_46j2CTYsrsLJXwFKW-xtbEo1aEpjfPUmig5ZPB2sFOguy7pFqMSL0VF9ajv1inQfFXi.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0

But it seems to me that the past should feel like the past, like the atmosphere of the past.
https://sun9-74.userapi.com/s/v1/if2/HawudhoPfLswiL9iRC2r_3tuWDskZNCiuMTT6yFnro6lX8eRrqwnRmSjOtP8Us8K0U3sOQeibwkHEZw9GwDwFjuY.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0

And I'm coming as if to nowhere...There is almost no trace left of the past, and I don't feel the future.