The Dark Rooms of... Evgeny Bondarenko

The Dark Rooms of... is an interview series in which a photographer talks about his or her darkrooms, the digital and the mental, or technical and inspirational. What makes you click?

In this second episode of The Darks Rooms of… the focus is on the Ukrainian streetphotographer Evgeny Bondarenko.

Here we go.

Who are you?

My name is Evgeny Bondarenko, 40 years old, I live in Ukraine. I have worked in heavy engineering for most of my life, but now I work in a print shop. I’ve been into photography since 2007. In 2009 I learned about the work of Japanese street photographer Daido Moriyama, since then I have been fond of black and white street photography, but I had a break from 2011 to 2018, during which time I did not photograph.

Technical

Do you think technique is important?

I don’t think technique is important, but different kinds of cameras can reduce post-processing time.

What equipment do you use?

From 2007-2019 I used Olympus SP510-UZ with Marumi 0.5x wide (focal length 19mm), 2019-2022 - Ricoh GX100, 2022 - Nikon Coolpix S7000 + Ricoh GX100

And what software?

I only use Lightroom + 2 presets

How do you edit your photos?

It takes about 2-3 months from the time the photo i…