Honorable Mention
Just Woman
DESCRIPTION
From an early age we seek confirmation of our own existence. That's why we try to fit into the canons of beauty, promoted standards, preferences and values - interestingly, so different for different eras. Today's canons of beauty in the Baroque period would have been a reason for exclusion, and interestingly, they may be a reason for exclusion today, but in non-European cultures. Chasing what the media dictates, we forget who we really are. It's as if we need a mirror in which to see ourselves, but the trap is that the mirror often turns out to be a crooked mirror. Therefore, the more we try to be someone other than we are, to squeeze ourselves into an “alien” body, the more we feel a sense of inadequacy. Paradoxically, the efforts that we want to make us closer to others distance us from them and make us feel lonely. However, nature accepts us as we are. No judgment, no comparisons, and it doesn't matter at all what others say. AUTHOR
Polish photographer specializing in fine art photography. She is self-taught and engages in her passion for photography and art as a tool to explore human relationships but also relationships with herself or the surrounding nature. Her psychological education and the fact that she grew up among animals in a house on the edge of the forest are clearly visible in her photographs. The direction of her work is determined by a longing for understanding and deeper view of human and his unity with the natural world.