Bio

My name is Nadya, I am 32 years old. I have been photographing for over fifteen years — my first images were made at school with my father’s old LOMO film camera. Since then, photography has become a way of observing, preserving memory, and understanding people through the spaces they inhabit. I was born in Saint Petersburg, grew up in Kyiv, almost stayed in Cairo, and for the past three years have been living in Tbilisi. Moving between cities and cultures has shaped my perspective and my interest in how place resonates within a person — what remains constant beyond geography, and what shifts with language, landscape, and rhythm of life. This is why the human figure is always at the center of my work, never isolated, but embedded in its surrounding context. This focus naturally extends into my photographic practice. I am a photographer with over fifteen years of experience, working across commercial portrait photography and street photography. At the core of my work is a humanistic approach and a sustained interest in people and the spaces they occupy. Whether commissioned or spontaneous, my portraits explore the relationship between individuals and place — how character, presence, and a sense of self are shaped through environment. The city is an active presence in my work rather than a backdrop. I photograph people within their surroundings — permanent or temporary — treating space as a living structure that defines everyday experience. This approach is central to my ongoing series set in Cairo, my second home, where portraiture becomes a way to explore place and my identity through the faces and presence of ordinary city residents. My work has been published in international magazines including Imirage Magazine, Inframe Magazine, The Hunter Magazine, Fine Art Magazine, Figgi Magazine, Vanguard, Proficient, and Paper Cartuli. I have received awards at the Polytech Photo exhibition in Saint Petersburg and participated in exhibitions, including a film photography exhibition at U Gallery in Tbilisi and Love Out Loud in Tbilisi.