 The open mouth image appeared first in his "Abstraction from the Human Form", in "Fragment of a Crucifixion", and other works including his famous "Head" series.The Russian-born photographer and artist Alexey Titarenko was inspired by and paid tribute to the Odessa Steps sequence in his series "City Of Shadows" (1991–1993), shot near the subway station in Saint Petersburg.After its first screening the film was not distributed in the Soviet Union and there was a danger that it would be lost among other productions.