Olga Zabashta; Ukraine

Fine Art Portrait Photography and Emotional Expression

“Abandoned and introverted
Just her: paper and pencils
Maybe she’s just fine like she is

Maybe she doesn’t want
To be dragged out to the surface.

This outer layer doesn’t exist,
Only this girl does.

Your eyes do.
Your smile does.
My tears do.”

(A poem inspired by Olga Zabashta, inspired by this artwork)

Equipment:
Studio / Leica SL2 / Profoto Lightning

Olga Zabashta; Ukraine

Fine Art Portrait Photography and Emotional Expression

“Abandoned and introverted
Just her: paper and pencils
Maybe she’s just fine like she is

Maybe she doesn’t want
To be dragged out to the surface.

This outer layer doesn’t exist,
Only this girl does.

Your eyes do.
Your smile does.
My tears do.”

(A poem inspired by Olga Zabashta, inspired by this artwork)

Equipment:
Studio / Leica SL2 / Profoto Lightning

Metamorphose; Part three

In this series, we explore the impact of AI-driven portrait transformation on contemporary art.

“Butterflies.
Tickling my skin.
Piercing into my nightmares.
While my mask is cracking.
Made out of clay.
Layer by layer.
Behind this mask I sleep.
Nobody can see my smile.
Only sometimes I can feel the rustling of their wings.”

(A poem by Olga Zabashta, inspired by this portrait artwork.)

AI Portrait Transformation in the Metamorphosis Series

The project Metamorphosis explores the creative dialogue between traditional portrait photography and artificial intelligence. In this series, emotional photographs are digitally transformed using AI technologies, creating hybrid artworks that move between photography, digital art, and surreal visual storytelling.

Each image begins with a carefully composed portrait photograph created with professional lighting using Leica cameras and Profoto lighting equipment. The original photograph captures the human expression and emotional presence of the subject. Artificial intelligence is then used to reinterpret the image, adding new textures, forms, and visual elements that reshape the photograph into a new artistic dimension.

This process of AI portrait transformation raises questions about identity, perception, and the role of technology in contemporary art. The images in the Metamorphosis series do not replace photography but extend it. The result is a visual conversation between human creativity and machine-generated interpretation.

The poetic text accompanying the artwork reflects this transformation. The butterfly becomes a metaphor for change, fragility, and the hidden emotional layers that exist behind a mask. In the same way, artificial intelligence reveals unexpected visual possibilities hidden within the original photograph.

Through this series, the project investigates how emerging technologies influence the language of photography and how AI can become part of the artistic process without replacing the human perspective.

Equipment
Portrait with Leica / Profoto Lightning
AI modified

Maria Maeva; Part Two (Fine Art Portrait Photography)

Fine Art Portrait Photography and Emotional Expression

“I rise from my recklessness.
My feet don’t touch the ground.
The bruises bloom like snow drops.
Each mistake a star I named.
I wore my chaos like a crown and burned the map to find myself.
No compass.
No apology.
Just wind beneath a body
that finally learned to fall.
So free.”

(A poem by Olga Zabashta, inspired by this artwork.)

Equipment:
Studio / Leica SL2 / Profoto Lightning

Metamorphose; Part two

In this series, we explore the impact of AI-driven portrait transformation on contemporary art.

“My lips that promised to stay.
In fact you lost me a long time ago.
This dragonfly reminds of what remains of us.
Too bad it’s too late now.
My words are left unspoken.”

(A poem by Olga Zabashta, inspired by this artwork.)

AI Portrait Transformation in the Metamorphosis Series

The project Metamorphosis explores the creative dialogue between traditional portrait photography and artificial intelligence. In this series, emotional photographs are digitally transformed using AI technologies, creating hybrid artworks that move between photography, digital art, and surreal visual storytelling.

Each image begins with a carefully composed portrait photograph created with professional lighting using Leica cameras and Profoto lighting equipment. The original photograph captures the human expression and emotional presence of the subject. Artificial intelligence is then used to reinterpret the image, adding new textures, forms, and visual elements that reshape the photograph into a new artistic dimension.

This process of AI portrait transformation raises questions about identity, perception, and the role of technology in contemporary art. The images in the Metamorphosis series do not replace photography but extend it. The result is a visual conversation between human creativity and machine-generated interpretation.

The poetic text accompanying the artwork reflects this transformation. The butterfly becomes a metaphor for change, fragility, and the hidden emotional layers that exist behind a mask. In the same way, artificial intelligence reveals unexpected visual possibilities hidden within the original photograph.

Through this series, the project investigates how emerging technologies influence the language of photography and how AI can become part of the artistic process without replacing the human perspective.

Equipment:
Leica / Profoto Lightning
AI modified

Metamorphose; Part one

In this series, we explore the impact of AI-driven portrait transformation on contemporary art.

“The smell of orange cosmos
Fills my lungs
The scent of spring humus
When melting snow mingles with last autumn leaves
The puddles no longer signal the arrival of autumn
I hear the silent song of earth
Or is it summer blossom?”

(A poem by Olga Zabashta, inspired by this artwork.)

AI Portrait Transformation in the Metamorphosis Series

The project Metamorphosis explores the creative dialogue between traditional portrait photography and artificial intelligence. In this series, emotional photographs are digitally transformed using AI technologies, creating hybrid artworks that move between photography, digital art, and surreal visual storytelling.

Each image begins with a carefully composed portrait photograph created with professional lighting using Leica cameras and Profoto lighting equipment. The original photograph captures the human expression and emotional presence of the subject. Artificial intelligence is then used to reinterpret the image, adding new textures, forms, and visual elements that reshape the photograph into a new artistic dimension.

This process of AI portrait transformation raises questions about identity, perception, and the role of technology in contemporary art. The images in the Metamorphosis series do not replace photography but extend it. The result is a visual conversation between human creativity and machine-generated interpretation.

The poetic text accompanying the artwork reflects this transformation. The butterfly becomes a metaphor for change, fragility, and the hidden emotional layers that exist behind a mask. In the same way, artificial intelligence reveals unexpected visual possibilities hidden within the original photograph.

Through this series, the project investigates how emerging technologies influence the language of photography and how AI can become part of the artistic process without replacing the human perspective.

Equipment:
Leica / Profoto Lightning
AI modified

Bilovytska Oksana; (Fine Art Portrait Photography)

Fine Art Portrait Photography and Emotional Expression

“With every breath
I grow smaller and smaller
I fade into the nothingness of colours and sensations
The dots on my fingers are like constellations
This is my path
The one I go
With my heart”

(A poem by Olga Zabashta, inspired by this artwork.)

Equipment:
Studio / Leica SL2  / Profoto Lightning

Nessa (Theodoxie Menesse); France (Fine Art Portrait Photography)

Fine Art Portrait Photography and Emotional Expression

“In the feathers of my thoughts
I see the glimpses of memories
The warmth of sun touching my skin
Seeing the time passing by
Letting it go
Embracing the past
Accepting my mistakes
Feeling my world settling down
I breathe the golden colors
My hair full of salt.”

(A poem by Olga Zabashta, inspired by this artwork.)

Equipment:
Studio / Leica SL2 / Profoto Lightning

Alexandra Sidorenko (Fine Art Portrait Photography)

Fine Art Portrait Photography and Emotional Expression

“Walking in my sorrow
Looking in your eyes.
Fabric wraps my skin.
Who am I becoming?
A shadow of my spine.
Dissolving in the darkness.
Refusing my belonging.
Did I forget the reason?
This silence so disturbing.
Don’t tell me what I miss.
This day and every morning.
When I wake up with tears.
My body is no more belonging.
To you.”

(A poem by Olga Zabashta, inspired by this artwork.)

Equipment:
Studio / Leica SL2 / Profoto Lightning

Alexandra Sidorenko (Fine Art Portrait Photography)

Fine Art Portrait Photography and Emotional Expression

Walking in my sorrow.
Looking in your eyes.
Fabric wraps my skin.
Who am I becoming?
A shadow of my spine.
Dissolving in the darkness.
Refusing my belonging.
Did I forget the reason?
This silence so disturbing.
Don’t tell me what I miss.
This day and every morning.
When I wake up with tears.
My body is no more belonging.
To you.

(A poem by Olga Zabashta, inspired by this artwork.)

Equipment:
Studio / Leica SL2 / Profoto Lightning