Snow Over the City: Cinematic Photography by Viktor Balaguer
Published Jun 3, 2026
French photographer and visual storyteller Viktor Balaguer turns Saint Petersburg into a frozen cinematic stage in Snow Over the City, a series shot across the Russian city in winter.
Working between street photography, documentary and cinema, Viktor frames the city through snow, fog, streetlights and long stretches of negative space. People appear as small silhouettes against frozen rivers, empty avenues, parked cars and brutal blocks of architecture, giving each image the tension of a film still caught between scenes.
The series is strongest in the way it handles scale and atmosphere. Saint Petersburg feels vast, cold and slightly unreal, but never detached from everyday life. A person crossing the street, a dog passing a coffee kiosk, a car buried under snow or a lone tree on an open white field all become part of the same visual rhythm.
For more of Viktor Balaguer’s work, visit his website and follow him on Instagram.
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