Honorable Mention / 2024 / Fine Art / Other
Looking for a way
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Photographer
Illya Bel, Ukraine
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Website
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Each piece of the project is a photo portrait of a Ukrainian woman. They represent how fate brought women from all over the country together, pushing them to migrate. Each Ukrainian region felt the aggression of the enemy, and our citizens were forcibly evacuated from them.
In the future, each migrant chose his own path.
Artists of different ages, genders, and artistic techniques joined the project. Everyone chose one of the pictures and added it at their own discretion. Their different creative ideas are like the different fates of our migrant women. Everyone has their own future!
Born in 1974 in Kyiv.
Over ten years of successful work in art photography.
Numerous personal and group exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad.
2022 - joined the National Union of Photographic Artists of Ukraine.
His recent projects, influenced by the war, occupation, and genocide in Ukraine, combine documentary and subjective aesthetics, reflecting both the turmoil and resilience of his homeland. These experiences have profoundly shaped his creative vision, infusing his work with a deep emotional and contemplative quality.
Awards 2023
- TIFA 2023 (Tokyo International Foto Awards) HONORABLE MENTION
2023
- ІІІ Open international competition of reportage photography "ART PRESS PHOTO 2023", Ukraine. Award: Diploma of the 3rd degree for a series of theater reports
- PX3 2023 COMPETITION Award: HONORABLE MENTION for Inner limits project, France
- Finalist of the SIXTH OPEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONCEPTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Ukraine
- HONORABLE MENTION of the 36th edition mgFoto "world in 2022" photo contest, Poland
2022
- Finalist of the FIFTH OPEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONCEPTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Ukraine
2020
- Photo contest THEATER EXPOSED among professionals (first, second, third places in various categories), Ukraine
2018
- Finalist of the Siena International photo Awards, Italy
2015-2019 participation in contests from "35PHOTO", consistently occupying the top 5%-7%-10% of participants