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Katia Berestova’s new book explores the transformative power of art, blending beauty, decay, and the pursuit of light in a dark world

Katia Berestova’s new book, Out of Time, invites viewers into a symbolic, dreamlike world that intricately blends beauty, decay, reflection, and transformation. As a self-taught and prolific artist, Berestova uses photography to actively engage with the ever-changing essence of life and its significance. Her art is a vocation, a continual process that intertwines with life itself, conveying the core of existence and giving rise to a personally initiated realm of beauty, spirit, and dream. The collection of works presented in Out of Time, curated from Berestova’s early to most recent works, weaves layers of meaning into a visual narrative with time as the common thread. Scenes often depict evidence of decay or are set against a backdrop of deterioration, rendered in black and white, bringing shadows into light, both technically and metaphorically. Ultimately, the book serves as a hopeful exploration of the pursuit of light and harmony in a dark world. It is representative of an ongoing interaction resembling the sign of infinity where everything flows in and out, demonstrating the profound and transformative power of art.

KATIA BERESTOVA (b. 1992, St. Petersburg) is a self-taught photographer, painter, graphic artist, poet, and filmmaker. Berestova’s journey in photography began during her school days when she started taking pictures using her grandfather’s FED-2 camera, the Soviet clone of the Leica II. However, it was in 2017 that she began creating with a conscious intention, embodying an expression of the subconscious and visible worlds as they relate to the human experience.

Out of Time is Berestova’s third book of photography, following KOLOKOL (Editions Bessard, Paris, 2021) and SON N3 (Print Gallery, St. Petersburg, 2023). She is a member of the Union of Photo Artists of Russia. In 2022, Berestova was nominated for the prestigious Foam Paul Huf Award (2022). Her art is in private collections throughout Russia and Europe. In addition to her photography, she has directed the short film Telephone (2023) and the documentary Wolverine Flowers (2024).