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☆.○ ° ★ . * . 🌙 °☆ . * ● ¸ . ★ in self-portraits ☆ I can become anyone . * ● ¸ . be any person in reality °☆ it's difficult to understand how I look ⚘ because almost all my photos involve constant evasion...★ a continuous avoidance of the viewer's gaze ★ it's almost a fleeing from my own identity 𒊹 in a sense°☆ I'm chronicling my own disappearance ☽ ★ ° . * ° . . * ○ ¸. ★ ° :. transformation disembodiment turning into something else metamorphosis ★ * • ○ ° ★ .° . ● . ★ ° . * °☆ this is a surrealistic photograph created in a photo ✜ graphic ✜ alchemical style ✜ using asterisks, a found moth, and misted glass I composed the poetry of my being in this self-portrait my interest in photography is not to capture an image ° :.☆ I see or even have in my mind but to explore the potential of moments I can only begin to imagine° :.☆ I photographed myself from 2018 ~ and continue to look within to find my shadow and my light° :.☆ inspired by theatrical photography I wanted to capture my faces my goal is to trace when a selfie becomes ~ myth ~ art I engage in • creating a free mind • discovering self-sufficiency and playing various personalities ｡•́‿•̀｡ I flirt with my identity... :.☆ exploring the theme of identity through photography — the moon 🌑 theater — is a construction of identity. ● . ★ ° . * ★ Yuliia ° Shybirkina . .○ ° ★ . * . °☆ . * ● ¸ . ★. 3480 x 6000 px includes a 1/1, hand-signed Giclée print ° ★ ° . * ● ¸ .