Porodina’s early years were impacted by the brutalist buildings in Moscow and her mother who introduced art to Porodina’s mind. Stored in her subconscious, art is what became the extension and expression of “her self”, implying that every single one of her photographs is a self-portrait. Art became-and still is-an inevitable and inseparable, part of her. Porodina’s academic upbringing in post-Soviet Russia and her interest in emotional behavior led her to study clinical psychology.This background and her striving towards greater understanding of herself, her environment and others, informed her move to photography. It became a frame by which she is not limited-photography is just another medium to her that allows to stimulate the mind by showing, rather than by speaking, since the subconscious is not verbal either. Porodina has a vision and voice that come through in highly crafted images, fantastical and haunting all at once.–Kim Bubello “TIME”

Porodina’s pictures feel like they were made on another planet where everyone and everything is sexier, moodier, and drenched in colors that couldn’t possibly be produced on Earth.– “GQ”

Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 160
Publisher: Ganske Publishing Group
Dimensions (cm): 24.13 x 1.91 x 29.85
Weight (kg): 1.5