Experimental nominee

Silver gelatin print, obtained with the alternative photographic processes using photogram and Mordançage techniques.
"The Corridor of Eclipses" time is strange and mysterious. Almost timelessness between solar and lunar eclipses. The concept, described in detail in astrology, in art becomes a metaphor for the state of a person and the world around him, in which there is no balance. Tragic disintegration and incredible rebirth, destruction and restoration - everything is possible during this period, which inevitably happens twice a year.
This photographic series is my profound reflection on our world which I think in this period is in the long "corridor of eclipses". The world having thousands of possibilities for development, falls and collapses in senseless wars and battles for power and money, but I believe that we will emerge from the dark corridor into the light and a great renaissance of our world will come.
All my works are made in the unique photogram and Mordançage technique. The process of creating an image includes three stages: obtaining a primary image with photogram, its disintegration and transformation, and the creation of a completely new image. Imaging technology does not allow copies to be made.

Anna Melnikova is a graphic designer, artist, art photographer, associate
professor, master of art history. She was born on June 14, 1986, Belarus.
In 2011 she graduated from the Department of Graphic Design of the
Belarusian State Academy of Arts. In 2012 she graduated from the Belarusian
State Academy of Arts with a degree in Art History. Associate Professor of the Department of Graphic Design of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts from 2011 to 2022, Minsk (Belarus). From 2018 to 2020 she was the Acting Head of the Graphic Design Department of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts.Since 2022, sheis the chairman of the graphic design and photography section of the "Belarusian Union of Artists".
Creatively works in the field of graphics, art photography (the main activity
is focused on experimental and alternative photography and old manual techniques
for printing photographic images). Participant of more than 100 national and international exhibitions and projects, including 7personal exhibitions.Works are in private collections of Belarus, Italy, France, Great Britain,
Czech Republic,Slovak Republic. Member of the graphic design section of the "Belarusian Union of Artists"
since 2015. Member of Member of the alternative photography association Gruppo
Rodolfo Namias (GRN). Parma, Italy. Since 2018