We create landscapes and take photos of nature. But what if trees, rivers and plants can become more involved in creating the final portrait of themselves? With the help of experimental techniques, I involve nature in co-creation. I soaked rolls of film in waters of rivers, swamps, lakes and quarries in different places in Ukraine.

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I added leaves, twigs, and sand into the water. I shot these films in the same areas where the waters were. I left several printed works in the soil and swamps in the place where I photographed them, and a few months later, I scanned the result. Nature left a unique print that will never be the same again.

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Nature took part in creating these works. It is also an effect and a model, the print and the chemical part. Nature can create and destroy; it has fantastic colours and can erase colours.

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About

Yuliana Paranko was born in 1990. She obtained an MA in Journalism in Lviv, Ukraine in 2013. She currently lives in Berlin. She graduated with an "Art Consciousness" course at MYPH school and a portrait photography course at Bird in Flight School. Yuliana participated in the 2nd Kyiv International Photobook Festival, EXP. 20th International Festival of Experimental Photography (Barcelona, Spain), Photo Kyiv. She is a member of the Ukrainian Women Photographers Organization and MYPH collective. Her works have been exhibited in Ukraine, Germany, Italy, and the USA and online exhibitions. Key topics of her works are nature and environment.

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