Honorable Mention / 2024 / Nature / Flowers

• Photographer
  Lina Stepaniuk, Ukraine
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/linastepaniuk/

The poppy is a symbol of memory of those killed in the wars for freedom and independence. It symbolizes a drop of blood... When this beautiful flower blooms in the summer, every morning I go out to the meadows and admire... This fragile flower lives for one day... There has been a war in my country for two years... A lot of blood and tears have been shed ... On Remembrance Day we hang a poppy brooch on our clothes... And we believe in our Victory!

Visual artist, art and fine art photographer.
Kyiv, Ukraine.
EDUCATION
2021-2023 – Kyiv School of Photography, Ukraine.
1993-1998 – Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine (master’s degree), specialty – “Journalism”.

Awards 2024 – Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) – Silver in category Advertising/Beauty, Honorable Mention in category Architecture/Bridge, Nature/Flowers, Advertising/Other, Nature/Water, Nature/Landscape, Special/Night Photography Non-Professional.

2023 – Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) – 4 Honorable Mentions in Non-Professional categories