Gold Collection

• Prize
  Silver in Special Categories/AI-Generated Images
• Photographer
  Nataliya Lashchuk
• Technical Info
  Midjourney
• Photo Date
  2025

This series of photographs represents a journey through the human life cycle, depicting key stages—childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. Each photograph highlights the uniqueness of each period and is united by a common element—gold, symbolizing the value and beauty of each stage of existence. Each photograph has its own unique aesthetic, united by the common element of gold, which creates a visual unity throughout the series. Together, they tell life stories filled with wisdom, beauty, hope, love, despair, and memory.

Nataliya Igorevna Lashchuk (pseudonym Nataly Lachik) was born on April 1, 1976, in St. Petersburg, Russia. She received her higher education at the St. Petersburg State Institute of Cinema and Television and the Institute of Special Psychology and Pedagogy. She is a neurophotographer and psychologist. She runs her own business and specializes in image-making. She is married.