Conceptual nominee

The "Soul's eyes" series of self-portraits is dedicated to experiencing the pain of losing a loved one. It is a process of transition during which people adapt to the reality of loss and learn to live without their dear.
I dedicated it to the loss of my father that is represented on the photo "The Loss" together with my mother as a tree and a stump.
Mourning creates a constant alternation of acceptance and rejection of the rules that life imposes. It often sets one in opposition to the Nature and to life itself as on the "Acceptance" photo.
There is to say that usually the first year after a loss is the most difficult so that's how the photo "Your first birthday without you" was born.
The window on all the photos is a symbol of the spiritual world...of the soul's eyes.

Natalia Serzhanova is a photographer and visual artist specialising in conceptual self-portrait photography and living in Milan, Italy.
Photographer of the Year 2022 by Monochrome Photography Awards.
Starting out as a fashion photographer, but influenced by the processes in society and her personal life, she decided to devote herself to conceptual fine art photography.
In her work she mainly explores human psychology, social processes and the meaning of being human, its relationship with nature.

Her images were awarded by such prestigious photography competitions as Prix de la photographie Paris, Monochrome Photography Awards, Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, International photography Awards IPA, Tokyo International Foto Awards, Monovisions photography awards, Monochromatic Awards, Neutral Density Photography Awards and others.