Yuri Grymov is a famous theater and film director, artistic director of the Modern Theater, winner of more than 70 professional awards (Grymov is an award winner in all areas of creative activity in which he was involved) - this is a formally accurate, albeit sparse description that can be read on the Internet. It is much more difficult to find information there that Yuri Grymov is a photographer, author, observer, a person with an unconventional view of things and phenomena, people and events, performances and cinema. His rich biography includes not only numerous travels, including one around the world, but also meetings with interesting, talented, famous people: Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Alexey Petrenko, Alexey Batalov. At the same time, not only as a director, he sees what what is inaccessible to an ordinary person, he can write about it. The writing is easy, bright, and humorous. This book includes the most interesting texts by Yuri Grymov - memories, reviews, reviews, discussions on current topics - as well as his photographic works.