Book of my art

• Prize
  Bronze in Book/Fine Art
• Photographer
  Olena Tarnovska, Ukraine
• Date of Photograph
  2023
• Website
  https://olenatarnovskaphotography.zenfoliosite.com/home
• Instagram
  @taisbonpari
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The inspiration for the appearance of this book was study at the Kiev Photography School. Photography is my long-time passion. And after the start of the war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, photography became my moral support, a "place" of strength and hope. The pictures were taken in Italy, on the island of Sardinia.

Olena is a Ukrainian photographer and visual artist based in Italy. Art has been part of her life since childhood. Trained as a lawyer, she considers the Kyiv School of Photography her alma mater and continues her development at Form Photo Academy in Paris. For Olena, photography is a way of living creativity through close observation—finding beauty in textures, shadows, subtle details and unexpected visual connections. She explores black-and-white harmony and the atmosphere of colour, also working with AI, ceramics and drawing.

Awards Her photo books, series and individual works have received awards, nominations and honourable mentions at international competitions including the Prix de la Photographie de Paris (Px3), International Photography Awards, International Black and White Spider Awards, Tokyo International Foto Awards, London International Creative Competition and International Color Awards. Her photographs have been published in the photobook «100 Contemporary Ukrainian Photographers» and have been shown in the exhibition «Contemporary Ukrainian Photography» at the NuArt Gallery in Kyiv. Many of her works have also been exhibited at The Glasgow Gallery of Photography.