Inner November

In 2021, I moved to the United Kingdom and found myself in an unfamiliar place, looking for somewhere I could be alone with my thoughts. I found it in Scotland. For four consecutive years, I returned there every October, taking my camera with me.

I photographed intuitively, responding to what caught my attention and to how I felt at the time. I did not initially think of these photographs as a single project. Only during my final visit, and later while working with the archive, did I begin to understand what had emerged. I realised I no longer needed to return.

The project became Inner November, an artist book made entirely by hand. Archival prints on Japanese paper, double-page spreads and generous empty space became part of the work, shaping how the photographs are encountered. The photographs included in the book have rarely been published elsewhere.

The photographs presented here offer another way into the project. Not included in the book, they extend its visual space and offer a different perspective on the work.

Taras Perevarukha is a Ukrainian photographer based in the United Kingdom. Born in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, he was forced to leave his home in 2014 because of the war. Losing his familiar surroundings changed his relationship with place and with the idea of belonging. This experience continues to influence how he photographs and how he approaches the images he makes. He works with photography as a physical practice, making prints, books, and objects where image and material exist together.