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BIFA 2025

Before Words

  • Photographer
    Ekaterina Malyutina

This is an image of connection — with oneself, with roots, with the earth. I photograph so that a woman might remember who she was before words. In a fast and rational world, women often lose touch with their primal nature — the quiet, deep essence within. This project is a reminder of that ancient bond, beyond language, beyond image, beyond social roles. Her form is primal, free from the external. She is part of the earth — grass, breath, silence. This is the image of Woman as Source. Inseparable from nature. Before words.

Ekaterina M. is a Moscow-based fine art and abstract photographer. Born in 1988, she transitioned from a career in law to photography in 2016, following her second pregnancy. Her background includes legal work for the Moscow regional government, formal training at PHOTOPLAY and Natalia Zhukova’s photography school, and teaching experience since 2021. In 2025, she began studying Art History and Art Business at Synergy University. Her artistic practice is rooted in analog photography, focusing on authenticity, inner reflection, and the subtle dialogue between everyday life and existential depth.

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