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Conceptual Series

Artem Humilevskyi

Photographer

Artem Humilevskyi

ROOTS

I started creating “Roots” after the start of the full-scale invasion.
The common misfortune awakened an unknown code in Ukrainians, as if everyone, even in the most remote corners of the world, felt the call of their land, identity and freedom.
In this new series, I continue the journey of exploring the inner self that I started in my previous project Giant. In “Roots” I reflect on myself on a different level - as part of a community, and look for new associations of identity that are not based solely on the concept of nation.
I propose new images of ideology based on fantasy, where I reveal subconscious spiritual symbols and show how they are invisibly and organically woven into us. This about finding a deep connection between man and his origins, about understanding a commonality that transcends national borders, and about a new awareness of identity through the prism of spirituality and fantasy.

Artem Humilevskyi

Artem Humilevskiy (b. 1986, Mykolaiv)—a Ukrainian photographer. Had studied engineering at the Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies, after which enrolled in the department of economics at “Krok” University. Since 2003 has bee one of senior managers of an agrarian company; in 2015-2020 worked as consultant in culture, education and sport at the Mykolaiv Regional Counsil. Got engaged in commercial photography in 2019; the same year took a course of art photographt at the MYPH school of Sergey Melnitchenko. Shortlisted in “NIDA OFF” contest of the International Photography Symposium (2021) , GUP new talent and PinchukArtCentre Prize 2022.