Bronze in Fine Art/Collage / 2026 / Fine Art / Collage

• Prize
  Bronze in Fine Art/Collage
• Photographer
  Olesja Brandt, Germany
• Date of Photograph
  03.12.2025
• Instagram
  @alesja_brandt

Constructed from broken photographic fragments, this portrait reflects the shifting and unstable nature of identity. The image suggests that the self is never singular or fixed, but layered, incomplete, and constantly reassembled.

Olesja Brandt is a Germany-based emerging photographer working across portraiture, architecture, and conceptual image-making. Her practice is rooted in a minimalist visual language shaped by clarity of line, emotional restraint, and an interest in the relationship between outer form and inner experience. Through photography, she explores themes of identity, vulnerability, silence, and transformation, seeking psychological presence and sincerity in faces, bodies, and spaces. She has developed her practice independently and through masterclasses with contemporary artists.