For my documentary photography and photojournalism course, we had an assignment to take 15 portraits of strangers on the street, looking straight at the camera without smiling. I planned to do this at Pride and convert the shots to black and white, since the theme of the event is restricted in the area where my school is located. I started by photographing the preparation of the Russian-speaking participants, but once I got to Pride, I found myself lost in every sense of the word… But it was amazing!