There is a warm radiance about Sofia, who uses her camera to chronicle life in Volgograd with vitality and a pulsating spirit. Whether portraying it’s streets, houses, monuments and public events, the mighty Volga river, her family, a friend’s apartment, or visits to a horse farm, she offers a wonderful window on the new Russia, open, happier and freer then ever before. She can make a sparkling little story out of an altercation between two cats, full of humor and perceptive insight. Sofia captures her daily reality with a sense of delight that is infectious, and her positive appreciation of life is a valuable lesson to us all..