Faces can be seen as a personal response to the overly familiar form of ‘foreign culture’ portrait. It is the contradiction of expectation of the viewer. The series questions the nature of the portrait, as well as explore its boundaries and parameters. While the face is typically seen
as the core of portraiture, and the centre of personal identity, these photographs toy with the idea that this need not necessarily be the case. Despite effectively eliminating the face, the subjects still clearly have their own identity. Are one’s surrounding’s and upbringings not really
the centre of one’s identity?
OLEG TOLSTOY’S
WORK IS FIRMLY GROUNDED
IN THE REAL WORLD.
AN INTENSE CURIOSITY FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOUR SHAPES HIS UNIQUE VISUAL COMMENTARY. HIS IMAGERY DIVES DEEP INTO RAW HUMAN EMOTION, FINDING THE EXTRAORDINARY IN THE EVERYDAY. OLEG’S PROJECTS ARE UNITED BY THEIR FRESH PERSPECTIVES ON MODERN LIFE.
Based in London, Hoxton.
Awards AWARDS
WINNER — IPA Award, First Winner 2019
HONOURABLE MENTION — IPA Award, 2019
WINNER — Life Farmer Night Life Award 2019
FINALIST — Lens Culture Street Photo 2018
EDITORS PIC – The Independent Photographer Street Photography Award – 2018
FINALIST – LifeFrame
