Metamorphosis.Black (№14) Photograph - Limited Edition of 15

! This page is for open edition prints ! For limited edition prints, please visit: . Maria Pleshkova (b. 1986, Russia) faces her own personal growth in this series of black and white self-portraits, ‘Metamorphosis. Black’. While some animals experience clear and visible transformations, like a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly, as humans we experience metamorphoses more in a metaphorical sense. However, just like the caterpillar, Pleshkova said that she felt as though she was going through a parallel transformation herself. She says, ‘I turned 30 and was completely lost. I suddenly realized my own finiteness.’ She tries to express the anxiety, fears and obsessions of this expression through her images, which involve mutations, dissolutions and fantastical imaginations. Creation is the opposite of death, and each self-portrait is the answer to the question ‘Am I still alive?’ See the whole series: