Faded Ice Artbook

• Photographer
  Kate Hrynko
• Photo Date
  2024

In 2023, while experimenting with frozen objects and colored ice at home, I observed a small amount of ice placed in a silicone mold vanish, leaving behind only paint molecules and the object. After investigating, I learned that this is due to sublimation, where ice turns directly into vapor without melting. Fascinated, I explored how sublimation mirrors evaporation in nature and impacts climate by altering Earth's albedo. This led to creating vanishing ice artworks, capturing their fleeting existence as a commentary on natural processes linked to global climate change.

Kate was born in 1989 in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2012 she graduated from Université d'Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand I, France, with a master's degree in Management. She used to work in the international sales management field after graduation. In 2021 she obtained a Ph.D. in international economic relations and worked in the position of senior lecturer at Kyiv National University of Trade and Economy. Photography has been her hobby since 2010 when she bought her first camera. In 2021-2022 she studied at Kyiv School of Photography. Since then, photography has become her main occupation.