"Expectation" By Jana Romanova

In 2009 St. Petersburg photographer Jana Romanova took his sleeping friends who was at the time expecting the birth of her daughter. She was so pleased with the results that she decided to bring the idea to sequence — since she was captured in a dream 40 pairs waiting children. First it was friends, then friends of friends and friends of friends, and after Ian began to look for those wishing to sleep under the gaze of the camera in social networks.

Ian says that usually came to the apartment of heroes shooting early in the morning. One of the intended parents opened the door and led the photographer into the kitchen. Yana put in the bedroom the ladder, and she in the kitchen cooking equipment and waited for the pair to fall asleep. Besides sleeping, the resulting footage into a lot of small, but exciting details — this speaks Jan. Cats, tablets, Slippers, bed linen with giant roses or symbols Star wars, stuffed toys, and so on.

Yana Romanova says that loves to document the life of his generation in Russia and the former Soviet Union — the generation born before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now these people, including many friends of Ioannina, raise or waiting for children.

For five years from the project "Waiting" was published in many publications, including "Russian reporter" and Slate. Shots visited many Russian and foreign exhibitions.