Paper Face.

• Prize
  Gold in Fine Art/Collage, 1st Place winner in Fine Art
• Photographer
  Elena Drozdova
• Technical Info
  Fujifilm XT3
• Photo Date
  May 2025

The project consists of self-portraits where the face is no longer a reflection — it is an imprint, a cutout, a trace. Wire holds the parts together, serving as a fragile, temporary fixation of decay. In this work, age is depicted not as a physiological process but as the blurring of personal boundaries. Gradually, the face becomes more and more unfamiliar — like paper crumpling under fingers. Elena based in Varna, Bulgaria.Her photography is an ongoing experiment.She brings together seemingly incompatible elements:light and shadow, reality and abstraction, logic and intuition.

Elena Drozdova is a visual artist who lovingly blends surreal worlds into her images using collage and mixed media techniques.