Ante Perpetuum

by Elizaveta Kozlova

I am a NYC-based art and portrait photographer. I haven’t been able to travel much during this year due to COVID restrictions and to being in the middle of a change in immigration status. These circumstances gave me the opportunity to explore different cities in New York state. “Ante Perpetuum” (“Before Forever”) is a series of images I created in July 2022 while hiking along the Hudson River. The dry wood that got washed out on the bank inspired me to capture the striking expressivity of shape and texture that will soon be destroyed by time, wind and water.

Artist Bio: Elizaveta Kozlova is a NYC-based art and portrait photographer whose work has been presented at the Louvre Fifth Annual Exposure Award in 2015. Since then she has been employed nationally and internationally as a fashion and portrait photographer. She has worked for such organizations as The Metropolitan Opera and The New School in New York and Branksome Hall School in Toronto. Her art photography work involves an exploration of nature through the prism of chiaroscuro technique.