Fine Art nominee

SoulQuest by Inta Nahapetjan

In the middle of the forest, a woman is holding up a mirror with the reflective side against the viewer. But the reflection doesn't show anyone in front of her, instead, we are looking - through the woman - deeper into the forest. The complexity and depth of a forest stand for the deepness of the human soul, which is the inspiration for me.

I see the forest as the eternal soul of mother nature. Its everchanging beauty goes parallel with my emotions and moods. Nature also symbolizes a woman's soul - her unrevealed, solitary part which deep down is peaceful and wise. In my works I wanted to blend the mysterious appearance of a woman with the identification of her soul.

Inta Nahapetjan (Yerevan, Armenia, 1988) is an Amsterdam based photographer. After completing her study in Museology at the Reinwardt Academy in Amsterdam, Nahapetjan turned to photography, and graduated Cum Laude from the Amsterdam Photo Academy in 2016. Ever since, her career as a photographer has ran its course and her work gained national and international attention through exhibitions such as her current solo show at Violet+Wilde Gallery in Amsterdam and recent solo show at Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris, 2018; her solo show at The Amsterdam Picture Room, 2018; and between others her group show at New Dutch Photography Talent, GUP Galley, 2016. Her works has also been published in significant magazines such as Dans Magazine (2017) NRC magazine (2018) and her work “Papillon” has been chosen as the cover image for New Photo – Dutch Photography Talent in 2017. The working method of Nahapetjan entails full control over the whole creation process of a picture, from the selection of the model to the styling, the art direction and the ultimate shot.