I was born queer, mildly autistic, and affected by multiple autoimmune conditions. I didn't fit in. At times it was hard to find a grip on reality... I turned to art to find a voice in the situations when I felt silenced.
The series "Vulnerable Valiance" emerged as a meditation on minoritarian becoming inspired by ideas of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Difference is often not treated with kindness. I create my images with a goal to change that.
Handmade photographic prints (pigment lift transfers) that form this body of work invite appreciation of imperfect beauty of being alive.
Natalia L Rudychev is a New York and Paris based artist photographer and curator. Her work has been presented by British Journal of Photography, ARTDOC magazine, Float magazine, The Hand magazine, Aeonian Magazine, Dek Unu magazine and many other publications.
Natalia is a recipient of the Bronze Award at the 2020 Tokyo International Foto Awards and the Third Place winner in the 2021 National Council on the Aging International Photography Contest. Her book of photography and haiku Simple Gifts was shortlisted for the Touchstone Distinguished Book Award in 2019.
Awards 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Honorable Mention
Bronze Award, Editorial/Personality, 2020 International Tokyo Foto Award
Honorable Mention, 4R Project, 2020 International Photography Awards
2020 National Competition, Selected Artist, Soho Photo Gallery, NYC
Honorable Mention, 8th Matsuyama Photo-Haiku Contest, 2019, Japan
Touchstone Distinguished Book Award Shortlist, Simple Gifts (photography/haiku) book, 2018
Honorable Mention, PX3 Pix de la Photographie Paris, 2022
