Photo project «Bashkir Being» is created on the basis of world masterpieces. It is personal and fantasy at the same time. It is about the deep subconscious within us, about roots, gender, origins. We all see the world through the prism of our education, culture and history, life experience. is a fantasy re-imagining of the world’s masterpieces by Michelangelo, Magritte, Frida, Gauguin, Klimt.
The characters of the photographs are not ordinary models. These are people who love their native culture. Photo works are not a copy or even an interpretation. This is an attempt to discover the Bashkir world through its own symbols and cultural codes. For a long time, due to nomadic lifestyle and canons of Islam, Bashkir art did not exist. The main art of the Bashkir people - national clothes, jewellery and intangible art.
The cover of the project refers to the famous fresco by Michelangelo, the name - to the Magritte’s “Human being”. It emphasizes the unity of mankind in the pursuit of beauty, creativity, creation. Photo project tells about common human values, common history, roots. We are all one, we are all equal, we are all beautiful.
