Polina Davydenko
#1 min Polina Davydenko
1. 9. 2022
Based on True Story
Documenting pre-selected groups or phenomena is a typical habit and strategy in photography. The photographer becomes a hunter of images, which he composes, compiles, and manipulates into his own story. He or she searches for own narrative within the media – models that can be used for aestheticization.
The concept of Based on True Story is about a photographer looking for clues in a scattered story with no set boundaries. Is it “performance for the camera” or found situation? Because of the absence of narration and introduction text, a chaotic set of pictures is open for reading and interpretation. It captures the route that is not articulated or marked on any map.
Polina Davydenko was nominated to Futures Talents by Fotograf Zone in 2022.
Co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union, FUTURES is a platform to increase the capacity, mobility and visibility of it's selected artists and to bridge the gap between emerging and established artists.
IMAGES CAPTIONS
All images: Polina Davydenko, Based on True Story, 2019
Polina Davydenko
Fotograf zone
#2 min Fotograf Zone
Fotograf Magazine has become a proud member of the Futures – photography platform
Co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, Futures is a platform focused on amplifying emerging talents in photography in Europe. Since 2017, the project has been offering a full programme to increase the capacity, mobility and visibility to various artists selected every year by leading art institutions across Europe.
#2 min Fotograf Zone
FOTOGRAF ZONE FESTIVAL 2025 – TALK TOGETHER
The fifteenth edition of the international Fotograf Zone Festival, titled TALK TOGETHER, focuses on language and interpersonal communication in its many forms. This year’s festival will be presented in a condensed ten-day format, running from 3 to 12 October 2025, and will offer audiences new perspectives on how language shapes our relationships, understanding, and conflicts.
#2 min Natalie Drtinová, Dorota Franková
Dorota Franková – Tenderness and Pain of Dorota Franková’s Portraits
In her work, Dorota Franková focuses on portraiture. While the portraits of others tend to be full of tenderness and fragility, her own are captured in exacerbated situations or via manipulated photographs that emphasise the restlessness of the mind.
#6 min Markéta Kinterová
Rencontres d’Arles 2025
The Rencontres d’Arles Festival is the world’s oldest photography festival and probably also the most visited. As its name suggests, it is an opportunity for encounters. Alongside the official program, dozens of spontaneous events, initiatives, and exhibitions emerge, both official and unofficial, transforming the town into a vibrant cultural organism. This year, I had the opportunity to experience the Rencontres d’Arles Festival through the eyes of someone who moves between their own artistic and pedagogical practice and above all as someone who believes that photography has the power not only to depict but also to shape the social context.
#5 min Fotograf Zone
2025 OPEN CALL WINNERS
#2 min Viktoriia Tymonova
Viktoriia Tymonova
#3 min Polina Davydenko, Tea Záchová
Polina Davydenko – Cosmoses of Justice and Ordinariness
Laziness, dissatisfaction, voyeurism, irony, human and extra-social energy and its phenomena that accompany us in today's hot days are important spices used by author Polina Davydenko. She sprinkles this spice on the main characteristics of her works about the quite common but important topic of home.
#1 min Polina Davydenko
Polina Davydenko