Time for Pachamama!

• Prize
  Bronze in Advertising/Fashion
• Photographer
  Natasha Yankelevich, Russian Federation
• Socials
• Website
  https://natashayankelevich.com/

Pachamama, Mama Pacha - one of the major female deities in the peruvian mythology of Quechua, the goddess of the earth, fertility and the progenitor of humanity. People often donated to Pachamama balls of chewed coca and sprinkle them with a thin stream of corn beer or wine. The land where the gifts of Pachamama are put is considered sacred. In 2009, the worship of Pachamama received state support under the new constitution.

• Biography
  Photographer and designer from Moscow. I work in the genre of staged photography, and create projects about people and stories. Each of my series is a version of what life could be like if I were a different person: a traveler, a reenactor, a historian at Cairo University, a representative of the Miao people around Luang Prabang, the mistress of a baroque mansion in London in the 19th century. A photographer can look behind closed doors, get acquainted with other cultures and professions. Therefore, in my shootings, I plunge into a whole kaleidoscope of topics with their accents, aesthetics
• Awards
  2024 Julia Margaret Cameron Award winner 2023 35AWARDS winner 2022 Polytech Grant winner 2022 Stillart Foundation Short List 2022 ND awards 2 place 2022 Fine Art Photography Awards 1st Place ​2022 35AWARDS 3 place 2020 Tokyo Foto Awards 2 place 2020 IPA Advertising 1st Place 2020 Prix de la Photographie bronze 2020 Tokyo Foto Awards 2 place 2020 Creative Siena Awards commended 2019 International Color Awards winner 2019 35AWARDS 3 place 2018 35AWARDS 2 place 2018 Chromatic Photography Awards 2018 ND awards winner