About
Russian-American artist and photographer Maria Degtiarenko makes work that traces the ghosts of quiet moments. Identity, memory, belonging, storytelling, and humanity's impact on the environment are themes woven into her photography and mixed media work.
One ongoing project has been inspired by the work of Italo Calvino and is currently manifesting as an illustration of the writer’s novella, Invisible Cities. At present these photographic re-imaginings exist here at degtiarenko.com as scrollable stories (Cities and Memory, Cities and Desire, etc.) and on 35mm film. The technique involves using manually set progressions of in-camera multiple exposures on 35mm analog film with a 1977 Mamiya camera, fomenting a parade of images and stories that hover between layered still photography and the frame-by-frame reels of early moving pictures. The film is developed, scanned, and minimally edited to present the imperfections of the multiple exposures as authentically as possible in a digital format.
Maria has exhibited her work in the US and at the Italian La Guarimba Film Festival in collaboration with Amor Vacui Architecture Studio, has been featured in Defend New Orleans, and has collaborated with Bayou Magazine. She currently resides in Richmond, VA.
Contact
email: maria.degtiarenko@gmail.com
Instagram: @mdegtiarenko
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