A Stranger In The Mirror

• Prize
  Gold in People/Self-Portrait
• Jury Top 5 Selection

  Geoff Reed I loved the variety of different images that were produced while working within the narrow subject matter, and using the same vertical format for all of them. This group of images is very colorful and extremely well curated!

• Photographer
  Olga Steinepreis
• Technical Info
  85 Mm, Iso-160, F/7, 1/250 Sec., Speedlight
• Photo Date
  12.08.2023

What do you see when you look in the mirror? You don't like those ears that are too big, or eyes that are too small, or wrinkles that are too deep. We are used to look at ourselves through the cameras of our smartphones. They have many filters. They will help to remove those flaws from your face. You'll feel better. Maybe our next step should be a mirror with an integrated filter that you like? Would it make our life better if we always saw the person we would like to look like? What memories do we get about our lives then? Would it be a story of our lives or will we forget who we are?

Russian born Olga Steinepreis lives in Freigericht, Germany since 2013. She studied Computer Aided Design at the Southern Federal University. She has always been fascinated by photography. Olga’s body of work is defined by the art photography genre. Olga consistently explores the intersection of art and photography, seeking to uncover and emphasize the symbiotic relationship between these two creative ways of expression. Her works have focused on capturing moments of maternity, femininity and childhood through self-portraits and photos of her family members.