Van O

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     The heroes of "Werewolves" series are mythological, religious and art characters bearing distinctive proteistic features. The constant metamorphoses, loss and finding of own person, change of physical appearance, historical and social role, mask or image becomes the defining principles in their biography, forms round them changing, fluid, game reality. During my studying of entomology at the biological faculty of the university I devoted a lot of time to the study of complete and incomplete metamorphosis of  insects − and photography, with its charm of documentary, allows me to accumulate my scientific, theatrical and design experience in one work. The series was shot on a black-and-white film and printed with toning on a color paper. Sometimes I apply multiple exposure, and also introduce external images into the frame ─ graphics, scientific and technical schemes. Printed on various media (paper, textile, transparent membrane), they help to achieve the effect of collage, an unexpected transition from volume to plane.