ENDLESS FACES
“I retouch every imperfection of my model’s images. Not because I am a perfectionist who does not like defects. I do it because I like my models feel as beautiful as possible, even if it means camouflaging their complexities. Because, in the end, when we see them face to face, when we interact with them, we are all always in movement, and our eyes do not stop on their imperfections and flaws–we gloss over physical imperfection to the beauty of their wholeness. A single
Polina Surikova - @polina.surikova
captured moment is just a piece of them, a piece we do not notice in real life. So what good is it to leave the imperfections captured on a frozen image?” “Of course like all photographers, I would like to make a name for myself. My family name is already known in Russia thanks to the famous painter Vasily Ivanovich Surikov. Who knows, maybe I have descendants with this artist! However, if I could also make this name shine for my own work, I would be delighted.”
