To produce the images that convey his fatalistic and ironic approach to life, tinged with hope, he needed the environment and knowledge of Mother Russia, oiled with a bit of bribery to certain circus trainers. Enter the Great Russian Bear, the personification of Russia for the last several centuries, onto center stage and into his studio. The bear is recognized as both brutish and cute – Misha was the mascot for the 1980 Olympic Games – and has remained a symbol of Russia since Tsarist times. In 2009 it is the symbol of the United Russia Party.

“Douglas Fisher has worked in the photographic industry for more than 25 years, starting out at 19 as an assistant before establishing his own studio, just two years later. Here, Douglas would go on to be among the first to champion the emerging worlds of digital photography and CGI, identifying early the transformative impact they would bring to advertising and high end photography”. – Tim Mitchell

Photo: «Carlsberg Launch». (Photo by Douglas Fisher)

A man surfs during a local competition in the Mediterranean Sea, near Ashdod, Israel November 17, 2016. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)

Cast member Charlize Theron attends the “Atomic Blonde” World Premiere at Stage Theater on July 17, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Alamy Stock Photo)

A goat wearing a sweater walks in a field in New Delhi, India, Thursday, January 17, 2019. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)

Ecuadorian luthier Ivan Ibujes plays a guitar after repairing it at his shop in Quito, June 17, 2016. (Photo by Guillermo Granja/Reuters)

Workers are pictured at a shisha manufacturing factory in Baghdad December 17, 2014. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)

The rising sun illuminates the sky above the spires of a church in Vienna, Austria, November 17, 2015. (Photo by Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)