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Homes of India

Photo © Alina Fedorenko
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From my first travel experience, India inspired me in my photography. This time I returned with a deeper perspective on the real life of people in India, a portrayal of Indian culture that is more intimate. A home is the soul of its owner and the most intimate place of a person, it tells a story about the residents living in it. Entering a home brings me closer to the way of life of these people and helps me to understand. Every home and its occupants have their own story of life to tell, in India the colors help to tell the rest.
I portraiture families, men and women, young and old people, all living in different slum areas in the north part of India, such as Rajasthan and Delhi.
Most of the people in my work, live a life at the edge of existence and are socially disadvantaged. In India, financially unstable families sharing usually a small house with up to six to seven members, it is a common scene of the slums. Most of these households have only one room, which is being shared with the whole family. One third of the slums are devoid of an indoor toilet. The ones that do have a toilet are not connected with proper sewerage systems. Many generations are sharing life and dependant on each other.
I want my work also to act as a reminder of the importance of family and shared values, which is a certain kind of wealth that even those who have less can cherish and enjoy.
My name is Alina Fedorenko and I am a emerging photographer. If you are new to this business and try to get your work out there, you are thankful for oppurtunies like contests to be recognized in your first steps. What you don´t know in the beginning that more than half of the contests are bringing you nowhere, no exposure, not even on google your name rise or your story get visible. These contests try not to push their chosen ones, only thing what you end up is a great first place in some category which means nothing. To learn that, you have to go through all these before you realize what is behind all that game.
The moment when you receive for the first time an 1 place at some contest is fulfilled with joy and you are so happy that your work is getting recognized finally, but than after few of them you realize that nothing happens you start to get sad and you doubt the industry. Photography is my Love, Photography is something what fulfill me in every corner of my body, mind and soul, Photography is something that I can use to tell stories about people who will never have a chance to race their voice, Photography is my weapon to case a change, to make life on this earth better. Everything I had I invested in this dream, I took my child on my back to get my work done, to produce series and photography. I´m not a hobby photographer, my life is photography and I´m more than sad to read the news about the fake contests around there, who uses dreams to make their lives better, live in bigger houses and buy even bigger cars, while the
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From my first travel experience, India inspired me in my photography. This time I returned with a deeper perspective on the real life of people in India, a portrayal of Indian culture that is more intimate. A home is the soul of its owner and the most intimate place of a person, it tells a story about the residents living in it. Entering a home brings me closer to the way of life of these people and helps me to understand. Every home and its occupants have their own story of life to tell, in India the colors help to tell the rest.
I portraiture families, men and women, young and old people, all living in different slum areas in the north part of India, such as Rajasthan and Delhi.
Most of the people in my work, live a life at the edge of existence and are socially disadvantaged. In India, financially unstable families sharing usually a small house with up to six to seven members, it is a common scene of the slums. Most of these households have only one room, which is being shared with the whole family. One third of the slums are devoid of an indoor toilet. The ones that do have a toilet are not connected with proper sewerage systems. Many generations are sharing life and dependant on each other.
I want my work also to act as a reminder of the importance of family and shared values, which is a certain kind of wealth that even those who have less can cherish and enjoy.
About author:
Dear International Photographer of the Year Contest,My name is Alina Fedorenko and I am a emerging photographer. If you are new to this business and try to get your work out there, you are thankful for oppurtunies like contests to be recognized in your first steps. What you don´t know in the beginning that more than half of the contests are bringing you nowhere, no exposure, not even on google your name rise or your story get visible. These contests try not to push their chosen ones, only thing what you end up is a great first place in some category which means nothing. To learn that, you have to go through all these before you realize what is behind all that game.
The moment when you receive for the first time an 1 place at some contest is fulfilled with joy and you are so happy that your work is getting recognized finally, but than after few of them you realize that nothing happens you start to get sad and you doubt the industry. Photography is my Love, Photography is something what fulfill me in every corner of my body, mind and soul, Photography is something that I can use to tell stories about people who will never have a chance to race their voice, Photography is my weapon to case a change, to make life on this earth better. Everything I had I invested in this dream, I took my child on my back to get my work done, to produce series and photography. I´m not a hobby photographer, my life is photography and I´m more than sad to read the news about the fake contests around there, who uses dreams to make their lives better, live in bigger houses and buy even bigger cars, while the
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