Her skills soon found their natural penchant in
fashion photography, and after graduating from
the St. Petersburg Academy of Photography in
2010, Kibireva worked with several prominent
photographers, but quickly yearned to branch
out on her own.
“Now I’m trying to create my own style,”
she said. “I try to experiment a lot while being
inspired by travel, movies and other famous
international photography.”
Her latest subject of focus is children’s
fashion, a segment of fashion that is very much
underdeveloped in Russia. Featured in various
publications such as Moda Bambini and Young
Fashion Kids Magazine, every photograph she
takes is the culmination of the hard work of her
and her talented team: makeup artist Oksana
Ulasovets and stylist Leksa Mashkovskaya.
There is a visceral effect to her images
that merge the real with the surreal. The
subjects are clearly real, as are the locations
—and yet they evoke such allure, as though
carrying you through the looking glass, far
and away from superficial perceptions.
Her photographs have an ever-present sense
of familiarity, inviting the feeling of nostalgia of
a simpler time. With her younger subjects, she
captures them as they are today but also the
spirit of the adults they will one day be - and
therein lies the heart of Kibireva’s artistry.
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