Evgenia Arbugaeva was born in the Siberian town Tiksi in Russia. She received her BA degree in art management from the International University in Moscow. In 2009 Evgenia graduated from the International Center of Photography Photojournalism and Documentary Program. She now works as a freelance photographer between Russia and New York. For her photography series Tiksi she returned to her hometown to see what will remain from her youth memories when they meet reality.