In this series, I wanted to move away from the usual shades of flowers in order to better convey the condition and feelings: from cold shades that are just emerging, as if after a winter frost, to unusual and new ones that appear in colours uncharacteristic for these flowers. To do this, I manually painted each photograph of flowers in a photo editor, as if I were painting a picture, drawing smoothness in some places, shadows in others, and flowers in this case are living organisms – translators of my feelings.

But all these mood colors have one feeling that unites them – it is tenderness. It was in a state of tenderness that I created this series.

Awards

2024 – Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) – Silver Winner in Professional category Nature/Flowers.

2024 – Neutral Density Awards (ND Awards) – 2-nd Place and Silver Star in Professional category Nature/Other.

2024 – Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA) – Honorable Mention.

2024 – Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) – Silver in Professional category Nature/Flowers.

2024 – FORM PHOTO AWARD – Shortlisted Photographer.

2024 – 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Award – Winner in Professional category Nature.

Publications

Book “100 Contemporary Ukrainian Photographers”, Form.PARIS, Paris, France, 2024 (pages 106-107).

VOGUE Italy, PHOTO VOGUE.

FotoNostrum Magazine (May 12, 2024, Part 1, page 156).

Exhibitions

2024 – Art Fair ST-ART Strasbourg, booth Form Gallery (France), Strasbourg Exhibition Park, Strasbourg, France.

2024 – Exhibition Form Photo Award, Talmart Gallery, Paris, France.

2024 – PX3 annual winners’ exhibition (screened), 24b Gallery, Paris, France.

2024 – Art Market as a part of Ukrainian design and innovation week, booth NU ART Gallery, Lavra Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2024 – “Contemporary Ukrainian Photography”, group exhibition, NU ART Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2024 – Online group exhibition “Invisible Threads”, ARTDOC Photography Magazine.

Collections

Limited edition prints from this series is at the private collections in Ukraine, France and USA.