When you are making self portraits you have the choice between making your self more beautiful than in real life, for me is often a bummer, especially when I meet the person in real life and have to conclude that he/she is living a lie. Or you can tell a story, use your face and body to connect to the viewer, like Alina Rudya does.

In her series ‘Soviet Women Dreaming of Future’, she writes, ‘The full name of this series of self-portraits is “Soviet peasant woman dreaming of her bright capitalistic future.” I was born in the era of perestroika and didn’t live during Soviet era that much. Nevertheless, my image abroad, no mater how hard I try, is always impacted by my Soviet background. People are either joking or seriously think, that I’m different because I came from Ukraine. Even my foreign friends jokingly call me “red” or “soviet.”

I adore the rawness of her pictures, the story behind it. Alina is an amazing talented photographer/storyteller.

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