Yulia Belskaya was born and lives in Novosibirsk. Her interest in photography began in childhood, developing black-and-white photographs with her father in a darkened bathroom. About five years ago, Yulia began taking photography more seriously, focusing on composition, editing, and meaning.
Layering, light, rhythm, visual rhyme, framing, and details are what particularly attract Yulia in street and animal photography, especially cats. She also photographs nature, macro, and self-portraits. Yulia does not consider her style fully formed yet and continues to experiment.
Her favourite and recognised photographs are often spontaneous. Yulia notices something interesting and takes a picture. This is how “Morning in the Forest” appeared: early morning, the road to work, sunlight streaming through the treetops, humid, misty air. The work was later featured by online magazines and exhibited.
The photograph of a cat behind a fence appeared just as spontaneously: its eyes seemed framed, while a spot of light on the fence replaced its “mouth.” The photograph was featured by AGIDEL.
In photography, what matters is the feeling an image conveys. Sometimes what is considered a technical flaw - blur, grain, a tilted horizon, or flare - makes an image stronger, while editing helps Yulia convey the mood more precisely.
Yulia is currently collecting material and developing project-based thinking. She is especially drawn to themes of family ties, childhood, traditions, and connections between past and present. These themes also appear in her works “After Lunch” and “Echo from Childhood.”
Yulia continues to learn and explore different creative techniques, comparing herself only with herself and trying not to turn something she loves into routine.

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