Uldus Bakhtiozina: Portraits that transform people into whatever they want to be
TED Fellow Uldus Bakhtiozina creates photo stories and video installations that challenge stereotypes and create diversity, involving all types of people from fashion models to ordinary people. She presents the world with humor and thoughtfulness. Full bio
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with my art photography,
the impact from the art
and calculate it.
to explain to my mother my art
is widely exposing the theme of escapism.
I love things that are authentic
to create my images.
to a better life,
like that for my models?
how to survive in real life.
at the same time as a waitress.
that I am taking a role in a film,
and brows to gingerette,
lives for my models
of being someone else in reality.
become like silent movie actors.
in being someone else entirely.
a new reality in its entirety,
every single thing in my work,
manipulations to my photographs,
to take place in reality,
pretty much everything.
in authenticity of making,
travel photographs.
of being someone else a reality.
of being seen as a warrior,
because of her health problems.
working on together
she dreamed of becoming
in Milan by Vogue Magazine.
saw her image from the land of escapism
as a brave and fearless warrior.
to play a game
of being important and powerful
my own personal experience.
that we can gauge,
and inspires us to dwell
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Uldus Bakhtiozina - Artist, visionaryTED Fellow Uldus Bakhtiozina creates photo stories and video installations that challenge stereotypes and create diversity, involving all types of people from fashion models to ordinary people. She presents the world with humor and thoughtfulness.
Why you should listen
Uldus Bakhtiozina is an artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Russia. Born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, into a Muslim-Christian family, Bakhtiozina studied and worked in London in graphic design and photography before settling on her unique style which mixes folklore, history, fashion and challenging stereotypes. Calling her style "Tatar Baroque," in part because she is half Tatar, Bakhtiozina has a passion for irregularity, and she says that her work documents dreams. Bakhtiozina creates everything inside her analogue photography and films, from outfits to stages, to fulfill the story behind each of her creations. None of her works have been digitally manipulated.
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