Welcome to Paradise

• Photographer
  Julia Lazumirska
• Technical Info
  Nikon D610
• Photo Date
  2022

I invite everyone to my Paradise for at least a few minutes to recover and find strength. The war that has come to Ukraine shows all the horrors of hell and I allowed myself as much sweet colors as I wanted. The balance is out of order and all Ukrainians deserve healing. The work on the project is my personal attempt to heal with the power of nature and vital color. In ancient Slavic mythology, paradise was called Viriy. It is a land where it is always cozy and warm, birds fly away there for the winter, and the tree of life grows there too.

Julia Lazumirska (b. 1981, Ukraine) is a lens-based artist from Kyiv, Ukraine. She studied Fine art Photography at Kyiv Photography School. Her practice is focused on non-judgmental observation of own inner world and interpretation this experience through found images in nature, flowers, gestures and body of people. Her works appear at the intersection of reality and emotional sensations in the process of self-determination and self-awareness. The main theme she explores is human existence and «the new spirituality».