The Storyteller. War Diary
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Photographer
Mikhail Ray
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Prize
Honorable Mention
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Jury Top 5 Selection
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Company/Studios
Ray Art
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Date of Photograph
2022
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Socials
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Website
The series was created during the occupation of the city of Kherson, covering the entire period from February 24 to November 11, 2022. Each artwork within is a digital photo collage, made in Adobe Photoshop using my own Nikon D800 camera photo library. All this time I lived there with my family, witnessing and highlighting the events that took place there, the people who took part in them, and my own feelings and thoughts, continuously publishing my diary in social media and giving interviews to international mass media until liberation day. https://mikhailray.art/the-storyteller
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Biography
Born February 22, 1984 in Kherson, in a family of ship cooks. Known as the author of digital photo collage artworks with philosophical meaning. Since 2014, his artworks received more than 60 awards at international competitions. Published in print and online publications around the world.He uses his creativity as a tool for exploring his inner self, conveying his discoveries to others through images and symbols in order to draw a map that everyone can follow.
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Awards
From February to November 2022, he stayed in Kherson struggling for freedom against Russian occupation, making sure from his own experience that happiness and well-being do not depend on external circumstances. "Paradise is not a place, but a state of consciousness." During the occupation, he gave more than 30 interviews to international radio, TV and Internet publications about his art and the situation in the city, most of them anonymously. His artworks during this time participated in 9 group and one solo exhibitions in Ukraine, Europe and the USA, visited the photo fair in Rotterdam.
