Andrea Santolaya

Andrea Santolaya has photographed women boxers, rugby players, and—at the other end of the athletic spectrum—dancers from St. Petersburg’s Mikhailovsky Ballet.

Stories from this author

Inside the Church of Saint Nicholas, Father Nikolai Yakunin blesses parishioners during Pascha (Russian Easter), which begins at midnight and ends at dawn. The smoke of the incense is said to lift prayers to heaven.

In a Remote Alaskan Town, a Centuries-Old Russian Faith Thrives

Residents of Nikolaevsk remain true to the traditions of their ancestors, who fled religious persecution in the 17th-century