Sisterhood

• Prize
  Gold in People/Family, 2nd Place winner in People
• Photographer
  Katerina Kouzmitcheva
• Photo Date
  2018-2019
• Website
  https://katerinakouzmitcheva.com

The same parents, past, sometimes even one bed and clothes. All these factors are unlikely to say what kind of relations will develop between siblings. As a mother of two daughters I am always sensitive to the question of relations between them and often catch my eye on other siblings’ lives. What makes one relationship a warm and supportive while another one is conflictual and disharmonious? Birth order, age, number of siblings, level of parents’ contact - everything can influence the relations. So I photograph sisters in different mood, poses but they are still in one frame.

• Biography
  Katerina Kouzmitcheva is a Belarusian photographer, based in Wroclaw, Poland, working at the intersection of genres, documentary and art photography. In her projects she explores the topic of human interactions and political systems, identity-constructive memory, issues of feminine gender roles. Katerina had her bachelor in Business law. She is a graduate of St.Petersburg’s Academy of Documentary and Art Photography “Fotografika”, holds Master degree in Fine Arts from the Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland. Recently she is a student of Opava Creative Photography Institute, Czech.
• Awards
  2024 — Foam Paul Huf Award nominee 2024 — The 2nd International Photography and Media Art Festival (IPMA), Kaunas, Lithuania. Selected artist 2024 — URBANAUTICA INSTITUTE AWARDS 2023. Shortlisted 2024 — The World Report Award | Documenting Humanity 2024 Festival della Fotografia Etica. Shortlisted 2023 — Tokyo International Photo Awards (TIFA). Bronze winner in the category Editorial — Photo Essay 2023 — the 7th Tallinn Photomonth contemporary art biennial, Estonia. Winner of the urban space photography project open call 2023 — ‘Screening vol. 3’ open call for Museum Night, Warsaw, Poland. Winner 2023 — Portrait Photography Awards 2023 by Dodho Magazine. Finalist 2023 — WYSTAW SIE W CSW 2023 competition, Torun, Poland. Shortlisted 2022 — 16. Polish National Portrait Competition. Shortlisted 2022 — Portfolio Review in Kranj Foto fest, Slovenia. Winner 2022 — 12.Opole Photography Festival, Poland. Winner of the completion ‘Poka? si?’ 2022 — Kranj Foto fest, Slovenia. Shortlisted 2022 — Photo Match Fotofestival, Lódz, Poland 2022 — WYSTAW SIE W CSW 2022 competition, Torun, Poland. Shortlisted 2021 — Hamburg portfolio review, Germany 2021 — International competition “Portret Prawdziwy”, Nowy Tomy?l, Poland. Shortlisted 2021 — Moscow International Photo Awards (MIFA). Honorable mention 2021 — grant holder of the Scholarship Programme of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland ‘Gaude Polonia’ 2020 — Tokyo International Photo Awards (TIFA). Gold winner in the category People-Family and Second Place in the People category 2020 — Budapest International Photo Awards (BIFA). Silver winner 2020 — 75th College Photographer of the year, “Interpretive project” category, USA. Award of excellence in the competition 2020 — TIFF Festival 2020 / / Processes, Wroc?aw. Shortlisted 2020 — PRAFOTA Photography Contest, Belarus. Shortlisted 2017 — Member of the Belarusian Association of photographers