Faded Ice

• Prize
  Gold in Special/Science / Technology
• Photographer
  Kate Hrynko
• Photo Date
  2024

In 2023, while experimenting with frozen natural objects and colored ice at home, I noticed that a small piece of ice in a silicone mold completely disappeared, leaving behind only paint molecules and the object. I found that this is due to sublimation, where ice turns directly into vapor without melting. Intrigued, I studied this process, which also occurs in nature, affecting the Earth's climate by altering surface albedo. This led me to create artworks of ice designed to vanish, capturing their fleeting beauty as a reflection on global climate change.

Kate was born in 1989 in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2012 she graduated from Université d'Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand I, France, with a master's degree in Management. She used to work in the international sales management field after graduation. In 2021 she obtained a Ph.D. in international economic relations and worked in the position of senior lecturer at Kyiv National University of Trade and Economy. Photography has been her hobby since 2010 when she bought her first camera. In 2021-2022 she studied at Kyiv School of Photography. Since then, photography has become her main occupation.