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Gold 2023 People / Self-Portrait

Stranger In The Mirror

  • Photographer
    Olga Steinepreis
  • Prize
    Gold in People / Self-Portrait

What do you see when you look in the mirror? You don't like those ears that are too big, or eyes that are too small, or wrinkles that are too deep... We used to look at ourselves through the cameras of our smartphones. They have many filters that will help remove those flaws from your face and then you will feel better. Maybe our next step should be a mirror with an integrated filter that you like? Would it make our life better if we always saw the person we would like to look like? What memories do we get about our lives then? Would it be a story of our lives or will we forget who we are?

Russian born Olga Steinepreis lives in Freigericht, Germany since 2013. She studied Computer Aided Design at the Southern Federal University. She has always been fascinated by photography. The camera itself has been her constant companion throughout the years of teenagehood up to the present. Olga’s body of work is defined by the art photography genre. Olga consistently explores the intersection of art and photography, seeking to uncover and emphasize the symbiotic relationship between these two creative ways of expression.