Honorable Mention / 2023 / Fine Art / People

Teach me to Fly.

This series is dedicated to the Dream. Each of us is born with the need for self-realization. Each of us wants to know ourselves, our strengths and capabilities. Each of us wants to be seen and recognized. Each of us faces many internal and external obstacles. This series is dedicated to this amazing human need for spiritual growth.

Svetlana is a fine art photographer from Kazakhstan. She uses style of an old portrait painting to create images that are thematically focused on identity, relationships, emotions and dreams. Her immaculate technique creates beautiful evocations of universal emotions of beauty, femininity and fragility. She expertly visualizes atmospheric dreams, utilizing the uncanny and clever metaphor, while unlocking what it means to think, feel, dream and express in the modern world. Svetlana has exhibited internationally with collective exhibitions in Europe and the USA. She has also exhibited at Paris.

Awards Trienberg (Linz, Austria) - a gold medal in 2016
Cliftons Art Prize 2017 Finalists
2017 Tokyo International Foto Awards winner (Bronze)
2018 Paris Photo Prize (Gold)
2018 Siena International Photo Awords(Honourable Mention)