Anthology

• Prize
  Silver in Fine Art/Collage
• Photographer
  Illya Bel
• Photo Date
  2024
• Website
  https://illyabel.art/

Each collage in the project is small pieces of everyday things, the combination of which creates unexpected stories. Bus stop where in one place throughout the year at different times, weather, seasons, shots of passing buses are taken. One street from the city center with elements of houses of different eras, sizes, and styles. And opposite is a village street where every fence is like a story of the family that lives in that house. Combining elements of everyday life, the author creates a new reality, conveys beauty and unexpectedness

• Biography
  Born in 1974 in Kyiv. Over ten years of successful work in art photography. Numerous personal and group exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. The main creative idea: photography without limitations, trying to go beyond the image in his works, connecting space and time as elements of creativity. 2022 - joined the National Union of Photographic Artists of Ukraine.
• Awards
  2023 - PX3 2023 COMPETITION Award: HONORABLE MENTION for Inner limits project, France - Finalist of the SIXTH OPEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONCEPTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Ukraine - HONORABLE MENTION of the 36th edition mgFoto "world in 2022" photo contest, Poland 2022 - Finalist of the FIFTH OPEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONCEPTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Ukraine 2020 - Photo contest THEATER EXPOSED among professionals (first, second, third places in various categories), Ukraine 2018 - Finalist of the Siena International photo Awards, Italy 2015-2019 participation in contests from "35PHOTO", consistently occupying the top 5%-7%-10% of participants