DESCRIPTION
Marina survived a fire when she was just 2 years old. The burns covered over 65% of her body, and she spent months in a coma, battling infections, teetering on the brink of life and death for a year.
However, her mother, who was only 20 at the time, brought her to the United States, where surgeons were able to save her. Since then, Marina has undergone over 60 surgeries.
Marina grew up in the United States, where she found true friends and met her beloved.
Another person in her place might have harbored resentment toward life, but Marina, on the contrary, loves life. She rejoices, plays the violin, rides her own horses, takes care of 8 cats, 4 dogs, and a turtle, all of which she adopted from a shelter, and works. Most importantly, she loves herself, cherishing every scar and every imperfection of her being. She truly embraces life!
AUTHOR
Mari Saxon (real name Maria Sakson), fine art photographer, architect.
Mari was born in Moscow and lived there until 2022, when she moved to the USA. By education and profession, she is an architect with over 25 years of experience. In her youth, she bought a semi-professional camera and spent about 20 years as a mediocre amateur photographer in her free time. In 2022, she discovered fine art photography, and within the first year, she achieved some success. In the new country, she left architecture and fully dedicated herself to photography, which became her profession and passion.
In the year and a half that she has been involved in fine art photography, she has already received international awards. Her works are exhibited in the USA, Russia, Europe, and Asia.
My honors in 2024:
• IPA (Finalist, single image)
• HIPA (Finalist Black and White Category, single image)
• Critical Mass Top 200 Photolucida (Finalist)
• Nominated emerging photographer of the Hamburg Portfolio Review
• URBAN Photo Award (Semifinalist, single image)
• Belfast Photo Festival (Shortlisted, project)
• FAPA (Nominee in Portrait category, single image)
• FAPA (Nominee in Conceptual Category, project)
