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BIFA 2024

Meet The Wall

  • Photographer
    Julia Lazumirska

There are stages in life when you meet walls from circumstances or hit a dead end of limiting beliefs. The marathon term "meet the wall" describes the state of the runner at the last stage of the distance, when almost all internal resources are exhausted and the finish line is still ahead. The key is to keep moving to trigger the body's response to save energy and use internal reserves to go on. Fears and doubts are overcome through actions, even small and imperfect ones. I tried to found beauty in Imperfection between the Walls I met because it gave a strength to simply keep moving forward.

Julia Lazumirska (b. 1981, Ukraine) is a lens-based artist from Kyiv, Ukraine. She studied photography at Kyiv Photography School. She was selected one of the FRESH EYES TALENT 2021. Some series and projects got honorable mentions in international photo contests and participated in the group exhibitions in Ukraine and Europe. Her practice is focused on non-judgmental observation of own inner world and interpretation this experience through flowers, found images in nature, gestures and body of people. The main themes author explores are "the new spirituality" and acceptance of life.