Tamara Kulikova
Berlin, Germany
Food & Still Life | Conceptual & Advertising | Fashion & Beauty
My name is Tamara and I was born in the north of Russia in the city of Norilsk. There was eternal winter and cold, to warm my body and soul I went to my grandparents' thousands of kilometers to the south. Grandfather had an old film camera, he always took photographs as a keepsake. You know, where everyone is a little clumsy, but alive and sincere. I liked to look at them and then put them in an old photo album. Necessarily heavy and thick, with velvet binding and cardboard pages. Such albums used to contain life, only the most important and significant. And I flipped through the pages from my grandparents' youth, and on the last one, I posted a photo where we are all together this summer. Then we got a polaroid and it became my madness, I photographed everything - every leaf, fence, cat, and sky that I met, I wanted to remember all of them and take them with me, back to the winter, where they would warm me. Since then I have loved photography. This is very intimate for me - when I take a picture, I seem to freeze, afraid to frighten away the moment. Sometimes I want to be able to shoot with my eyes in order to capture this moment in my memory forever. But we know that memory is not eternal. I never thought that I would become a photographer, I just did what I really like, I did it through my instinct, through my feelings. I made a mistake and did it again! Because the only thing we really learn from in this life is our mistakes and experience. I love photographing people, they are all so individual, extraordinary, and beautiful. Sometimes, our society does not allow us to be ourselves, to fully accept our body, our choice, and our voice. I am very glad that through my photos I can help people accept their beauty, release it and increase it. After our work together, I often hear the compliment “Is this really me? I don't believe that I can be that/them." Now I am in Berlin and starting my career here. I am ready for job offers, and new meetings. I crave a job because every time I take a photo, I feel like I'm supposed to be.
EXPERTISE
Professional
STUDIO
No
POST PRODUCTION
Yes
VIDEOGRAPHY
No
My name is Tamara and I was born in the north of Russia in the city of Norilsk. There was eternal winter and cold, to warm my body and soul I went to my grandparents' thousands of kilometers to the south. Grandfather had an old film camera, he always took photographs as a keepsake. You know, where everyone is a little clumsy, but alive and sincere. I liked to look at them and then put them in an old photo album. Necessarily heavy and thick, with velvet binding and cardboard pages. Such albums used to contain life, only the most important and significant. And I flipped through the pages from my grandparents' youth, and on the last one, I posted a photo where we are all together this summer. Then we got a polaroid and it became my madness, I photographed everything - every leaf, fence, cat, and sky that I met, I wanted to remember all of them and take them with me, back to the winter, where they would warm me. Since then I have loved photography. This is very intimate for me - when I take a picture, I seem to freeze, afraid to frighten away the moment. Sometimes I want to be able to shoot with my eyes in order to capture this moment in my memory forever. But we know that memory is not eternal. I never thought that I would become a photographer, I just did what I really like, I did it through my instinct, through my feelings. I made a mistake and did it again! Because the only thing we really learn from in this life is our mistakes and experience. I love photographing people, they are all so individual, extraordinary, and beautiful. Sometimes, our society does not allow us to be ourselves, to fully accept our body, our choice, and our voice. I am very glad that through my photos I can help people accept their beauty, release it and increase it. After our work together, I often hear the compliment “Is this really me? I don't believe that I can be that/them." Now I am in Berlin and starting my career here. I am ready for job offers, and new meetings. I crave a job because every time I take a photo, I feel like I'm supposed to be.
EXPERTISE
Professional
STUDIO
No
POST PRODUCTION
Yes
VIDEOGRAPHY
No
