“Don’t Say Hop Before You Jump” is a collaborative project by photographer Can Dağarslanı and director Nikita Lukyanov, who developed the concept together and independently brought the project to life. The project follows Alice and Helen Layher, two sisters who practise equestrian vaulting. It moves between intimate moments of their everyday lives: waking up in a field, sharing a meal, playing together and practising with the horse. At its centre is the circular movement of vaulting. Seen from above, the arena resembles a clock face, with the horse moving along the lunge line like the hand of a clock. This becomes a starting point for a surreal exploration of time, sisterhood and the rhythms of everyday life. Credits Creative Concept — Can Dağarslanı & Nikita Lukyanov @candagarslani @nikitalukianow Photography — Can Dağarslanı Director — Nikita Lukyanov Featuring — Alice & Helen Layher @layhersisters Director of Photography — Małgorzata Rabczuk @malgo_rbcz Editor — Vera Romanova @vera.v.romanova Composer & Sound Designer — Savva Rozanov @synecdochemontauk Colourist — Misha Kim @m.kim.colour
Post House — Anchous Studio @anchous Graphic Design — Odd Works @oddworks.studio
Clothing — RUS Brand @rusthebrand Assistant — Johannes Roderer @jhannes.reorder | Milk Studios