Pavel Potseluev — film photography and the art of butchery
Most people know me as the brand chef of Zhazhda Krovi, a master of meat craftsmanship, and co-founder of the Zozulinsky & Potseluev meat atelier. I have been working professionally with meat for many years. Photography is another important part of my life.
My father gave me my first camera when I was 14. Since then, the cameras have changed: Zenit, Seagull, Mamiya, Rolleiflex, Leica. At some point, I returned to film for good and realized that this way of making photographs suited me best. I photograph people, cities, nature, work, and everyday life around me. I do not feel the need to tell a story every time or to make the perfect image. Sometimes it is enough simply to notice something and manage to capture it.
Featured photo series
Shot on Leica R 6.2
Seoul
September 2025. A walk around the city.
SuperFoodFarm
September 2024. A visit to Olya and Daniel’s farm.
Italy. Udine
October 2024.
A selection of photos from a trip to Italy.
Photo series
Photographs from different times and places, of all kinds of subjects. Mostly shot on black-and-white film.
Photography holds a moment still
Over the years, I have tried many different films and I still keep experimenting. Among the ones I return to most often are Ilford HP5, Fuji Neopan Acros II, Kodak Double-X 5222, Rollei Blackbird, Rollei RPX, and Kodak Portra.
I like the process itself. With film, you cannot see the result straight away, delete a frame, and take another twenty versions. Before pressing the shutter, you have to look a little longer and think a little more.
You can get the exposure wrong, miss the focus, or only realize after development that the best frame was not the one you thought was the best while shooting. And that one frame — slightly blurred, not quite in focus, almost accidental — can end up being the most alive. Most of the time, I shoot black-and-white film. I like its simplicity: light, form, people, space. Nothing unnecessary.
This website is my photographic archive. The idea is not to collect only my best photographs. I keep series, trips, people, and individual frames that, for one reason or another, I want to hold on to.