Darya Abramova photographs Tanya Korné across nine frames against the same flat white, hair pulled back, no jewelry, no makeup that registers, no shoes. The grain sits heavy throughout and light comes in from a window to the side.
The model walks forward into the lens with one hand cupped over her chest, then sits and rests her arms on her lap. Unguarded, she laughs. The expressions cycle naturally: composed in one frame, grinning in the next, looking past Darya entirely. A photographer herself, Tanya knows what to do in front of the lens as well as behind it.
Abramova is based in Saint Petersburg and works mostly in commercial territory, shooting catalogs, lookbooks and campaigns. This shoot reads like a Saturday collaboration with minimal prep. Denim has been on the body in pictures like this for decades. The reason it keeps working is the reason it works here: the styling doesn't date the picture.
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