ALENA ZHANDAROVA
Cornflower Tea and Concealing Chocolate
This is the story about one girl, her attitude to life, time and space around her. Each photo has a different state, which at the end of the story creates a new complete picture. It’s like a map, which helps not to forget, that fear and imperfection are small pieces of herself. And only through understanding and acceptance it is possible to find the right way.
This series is about the moment, it’s about what’s going on right now. About the uniqueness and value, the importance of each second. About the questions “Why?” and answers “because accidents are not accidental.”
There is always something happening around us. There are no unimportant moments. Each of them teach us something, each of them leave something very important behind all of us. It’s like an artifact, that given by the keeper for the knowledge.
The smell of apples, the sound of dripping water, cornflower tea taste in a candy store of beloved city. Every moment. This series – is only a microscopic part of me. My moments. My life. It is for me. It is my artifact. Embodiment of my strength, my ideas, my space. It is amazing as well, that at the same time, the series is a mirror. It reflects each of your experience, whether it is а fear of loneliness or feeling lost.
And it is curious! Through such a deeply personal and intimate project, you can cognize yourself, find yourself artifacts, and live by yourself moments, curiously wondering at every moment: «Do I really do want to do more than anything else in this planet?».
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