Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Valery Leontiev burned his unique photo archive

Valery Leontiev India has decided to go a rite of purification by fire in order to start a new life. Artist burned almost all unique individual images from the archive ready. Part with the past In the fire flew photos that have accumulated over the years of the singer creative activity that have been stored at his dacha in the village Valentinovka. But when he burned his photo, he was followed by disorder: health deteriorated and unknown attackers looted his country house. Valery Leontiev India has decided to go a rite of purification by fire in order to start a new life a unique archive of amateur photos kopilsya the singer since 1970. Some pictures are taken and were friends, brought fans. Many of the staff are very personal, not for prying eyes. Leontiev neatly hidden images in the box, and then brought into the country Valentinovka with old costumes. But there is one day, go through archives friends suddenly said, "the fire spread into the garden in the fire that's it!" - Valery Yakovlevich now started a new life. He looks younger than twenty years ago. And the painful past for them: because he is tired, wrinkled, - confessed "Life" one of the singers friends. - Wonders of the surgery ... Valery Yakovlevich Valentinovka in the house built in 1994. His neighbors in the village were Andrei Makarevich, Nikolai Karachentsov, Alexander Kalyagin, Yuri Nikulin. Most of them dispose of their possession already, the transition to prestigious positions. Leontiev matter to sell house because there are a lot of memories. In 1995, there were legendary recordings Christmas meeting, then in Valentinovka complained more than 20 stars. - A simple man he was - remember the singer neighbors. - Valery Yakovlevich could then meet at the store, he even stood in line. Now Leontiev often travel abroad than here. And sees the house of his manager Pasha. He lives here. The last time the singer visited his old cabin, flew to Moscow, where. His wife, Lucy, who lives in Miami Apparently, the couple wanted to remind the youth, because they have moved into the village. But because the boxes lying around in the corner, suddenly filled with images of the past years, the singer a fateful decision. The reason why he had not told anyone did, as if in a trance. Take shots in the fire, and as if spellbound, watching the images of burned ... Friends watched in fear Leontiev burn photos and costumes. - The smoke has been released - the neighbors say. - We are afraid. We thought maybe it caught fire. But the guests Valery Yakovlevich explained that the singer decided to burn some old rags and photos. In the eyes of neighbors, "the oven" singer went costumes. She could sell at auction for a lot of money but do not want to do that. Apparently, out of superstition: You say if you could receive your item in the wrong hands, you jinx it. Friends tried at least to save the archive. She said the singer that you can not burn your images to advertise disaster. But Valery Yakovlevich just shrugged. - Leontiev burned three boxes of photographs, it was painful to see - tell the people around him. - Because they are used historical images on film once, then no numbers were not. Several shots were saved secretly singer. Afraid to tell his friends - suddenly cast into the fire again. Friends suggest that the destruction of the archive - traveling in turn a consequence of the intellectual that Leont'ev moved to India. It singer met with famous guru, who he was told in a previous life - "rich nobleman from Italy." And almost died in a car accident - survived only because she moved out of the front seat backward. After this incident was Leontiev that God had given him a chance to start life anew. Perhaps it's always in the country, the singer decided to burn your images and costumes. Now many personal staff that would be the envy of the paparazzi, no one will ever see. But the Leontief this very satisfied: - The archive irritated me, - says the singer. - I have long wanted to destroy. One can assume that it is an act of protest itself and its past.

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