Her parents Lilya and Pasha are shown living a raucous life of parties, drugs and cigarettes, whilst their young daughter wanders amidst it all.
But photographer Irina, who was just 21 when she took the photos, says that just because the images portray situations some parents would never put their children in - this doesn't make them pair bad parents.
'The truth is that life is complex and there are many situations too complicated to be judged.'
After experiencing a backlash for the photos - because many people felt she should have stepped in to help the situation, Irina said:
'My intention was to talk about the possibilities of love on the margins of society, and I hoped to bring more understanding, to build a bridge between people and to raise awareness that bringing up a child is not an easy task.'
Luckily now, years after the photos were originally exhibited, both parents are in work and Anfisa lives with her father. She attends school and he has a job as an electrician.
