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Photographer of the month

Luxemburg

My name is Svetlana David. I spent my entire life surrounded by hanging photographs, laboratories, and darkrooms. My aunt and uncle worked at a photo studio, and my brother was into photography too. Yet the aesthetics of the typical Soviet portrait never resonated with me — identical poses, identical roles, like insects trapped in amber.

I came to photography professionally quite late — at 50, just a year ago. Shooting on a phone was not enough: I was searching for depth, my own way of seeing, and creative freedom. That search led me to fine art..

I work primarily with women and self-portraiture. My practice explores dreams, memory, silence, and inner states — not as narratives, but as lived experiences. For me, photography is a way to build an inner theatre where the visible meets the felt, and an image becomes a state of being rather than a story.

Svetlana David

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