“Moscow’s puddles – deep, muddy and frequent as they are – can be a nuisance even for the thickest-skinned pedestrians, but for artist Evgeniya Gukhman, they are a useful tool of her trade.

While the capital has no seashore, and lakes here are few and far between, puddles – whether the result of melting snow, rain or just bad drainage – are abundant most of the calendar year. This fact makes work easier for Gukhman a professional architect and amateur photographer whose current exhibit “Reflections” consists exclusively of shots of architectural objects as they are reflected in water – often, though not exclusively, in puddles…

Gukhman’s photographs  - which more closely resemble paintings  - have already earned her many fans…”