Iryna Bavina

Biografi

I have a master's degree in costume design. In my city Donetsk, I had my own business, a costume rental business. I sewed many beautiful dresses. These were costumes with different themes: historical, carnival, fairy tale, retro costumes.
But in 2014, everything changed. The war came to my city.
And life became very difficult. It became very difficult to earn money. There were no customers, no orders. All I had was a large collection of beautiful dresses that no one needed.
Then I started gathering people for creative projects. We who met were photographers, make-up artists, models and we created cool photo shoots. We did everything for free. Just to create aesthetic images.
During this time I made many new friends. We did something new for ourselves, we developed together.
Sometimes I brought my first simple camera to shoot with other photographers. Gradually, I became not only an organizer and costume designer, but also a photographer. I had no plan for it. I just wanted to show off my beautiful dresses. But I became very interested in it and became a photographer. And now photography has become an important part of my life.
In 2022 my life was changed by war again. Ma daughter and I were forced to leave for Sweden. Now we are starting a new page of our life.