Life is still a garden, don't say otherwise (book)

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Veronika Trubnikova, Russian Federation
• Date of Photograph
  2026
• Website
  https://trubnikova.photo
• Instagram
  trubnikova_photo
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200 copies
233 х 272 mm
140 pages (63 photos included)

The photobook brings together analog and digital photographs made from 2019 to the present, exploring the archetype of the “garden of paradise” as a protected space for childhood. Shot primarily on analog cameras, often using a monocle lens, the images use soft focus and low contrast. Scenes of everyday life in gardens and natural landscapes present the environment as an active presence. The work addresses childhood, personal space, and connection to nature, linking the artist’s memory with the viewer’s experience.

Photographer, visual artist, live and work in Moscow (Russia).

I assign an important role to the economy of narration in both visual and meaningful senses, leaving to the viewer a space for imaginative perception. Great importance I attach to the shooting space, often making the landscape a separate character.

In my works I often turn to the topic of boundaries — physical and mental: dividing communities, individuals, personal and public, past and present, possible and impossible. I'm also interested in what it means to live without belonging to any of the parties separated by the borders.

Awards 2024 PX3 / Gold category winner / Film photo

2025 Muse photo award / Platinum winner / Fine art portrait

2024 NY Photography award / Silver winner / Film photograph

2024 PX3 / Silver winner / Photo book

2024 IPA Official Selection

2024 Lens Culture Black& White / Editors' Choice (longlist)

2024 2d B& W Athens Photography. Shortlisted participant of the festival

2023 19th Pollux Award. Special mention of jury

2023 The best photo books of the year by PHotoESPAÑA. Finalist of the award.

2023 IPA Official Selection, Special Mention of jury

2023 Lens Culture Critics’ Choice. Editors' choice (long list)

2022 19th Julia Margareth Cameron Award. Special mention to Jure

2022 1st B&W Athens Photography. Shortlist, participant of the festival