INFANTO

• Photographer
  Anna Kadykova, Russian Federation

INFANTO is a series of "alternative" portraits of the six-month
babies. When we speak about little kids we instantly imagine
nice pictures of funny cute infants surrounded by teddy bears,
baby's dummies, toys and flowers. But behind this pinky-blue
sweet cloud it is hard to spot a developing person. Sometimes
you notice a sparkle of a “special knowledge” in the eyes of a
baby. As if it is a wise creature in front of you. Usually we don’t
see it on photographs. My ambition is to bring to light special
aspects of infant’s character, to capture the moment of “baby’s
thoughtfulness” or “infant's adulthood”. The black background
and dark colors where chosen on purpose to separate the
person from familiar but unnecessary colorful world of
children’s vanity.

Anna Kadykova was born in 1984 in Moscow, Russia. Graduated from Russian State University for the Humanities. Worked in Pacific Film advertising agency as an assistant for the selection of photographers and directors. Then worked as an assistant of the famous Russian animation director Ivan Maximov. In 2012 graduated from “SHAR” school-studio as animation director. First personal animation film “The Mole at the Sea” was warmly remarked by the critics and selected to record number of international film festivals including Berlinale, Stuttgart Film Festival, DC Shorts and others, was awarded by Russian and International film festivals.
Parallel to animation Anna started to develop her photography skills. Her studies were based on such examples of the classical photography as the works of Elliott Erwitt, Richard Avedon, Anri Cartier-Bresson, Arnold Newman, Annie Leibovitz. Anna’s Works are in private collections in Russia, USA, Germany, Austria. Finalist and winner of international competitions and exhibitions.
Anna lives and works in Moscow.

Awards IPA Russia-2013 (Bronze and Gold in FINE ART, Bronze - FINE ART Category Winner, 2 Gold medals in PEOPLE)
Eyetime 2014, Emerging Talent Jury Honor Award
“Black and White 2014” by NYCPA, Juror’s selection. Juror - Dan Burkholder
“Focus: The Portrait” - Black Box Gallery, Portland, Juror’s selection. Juried by: Amy Arbus
Monochrome Awards 2014 - Honorable Mention
8th Annual International Color Awards, Honorable Mention
3rd Zebra Awards 2015 - Finalist
35th Annual Spring Photography Contest sponsored by SIGMA - Honorable Mention
Monochrome Awards 2015 - 3 Honorable Mentions
Hariban Award - Finalist
2015 IPOTY (International Photographer of the Year) // Honorable Mention