Trying to make the exhibition as interesting as possible, as it will surely be one of the most prominent events in St Petersburg’s cultural life this fall, the Borei gallery alongside with the photos also shows Boris Smelov’s graphics, known by the few. Probably this will provide  the broadest view on the Artist the public can get, if it is interested in the ways leading to the world of perfection.
"Boris could draw very well, though he never specially learnt how to draw. He often made paper sketches of his future photos, both still lives and cityscapes. One still life he even painted in oil. At the same time, even some of his close friends did not know that Boris drew, and he hardly showed his drawings to anyone, being afraid to share ideas of his photos to come. He did not show even photos for no particular reason, hobnob, when there were no “dealings”, as if he feared that idle observation will “steal” something from his works. Most likely, this was an evidence of the natural reticence of a man, born under Pieces sign, on the thirteenth of March".