Taken
with beauty from the first of her
days, Irina Orwald is a natural born artist. A professional
pianist of the Moscow State Conservatory, she spends her
days playing concerts, teaching students and composing
music, but in her free time, she indulges in the visual arts,
creating stunningly soulful portrait photography. Born Irina
Bunyatyan, she has gone by her pseudonym, Irina Orwald,
long before she began taking photos, for no other reason than
liking the sound of the name.
Exhilarated by works by Marta Bevacqua, Monia Merlo
and Kiki Xue, when Orwald first took a camera in her hands she
never thought she could take portraits like theirs, she just took
pictures of everything around her that she found to be beautiful.
Capturing the quiet elegance of water drops and autumn leaves,
as an introverted and shy person, Orwald found working with
objects to be the perfect medium:
“I feel most happy when I don’t need to explain
myself. I like when they understand me without
words. I can communicate, that’s not the
problem, it’s just that it’s much easier for me to
communicate with this world and feel it through
my art. I do really like it when my photos can
speak for me.
Irina Bunyatyan - @irinaorwald
“I think beauty
doesn’t need any words,
it blossoms in silence.”