I'm a New York-based internationally published and award-winning photo artist, fine art conceptual photographer, speaker, educator and professional high-end freelance retoucher with over 10 years in the industry.I specialize in on-location fine art and conceptual female portraiture. I'm originally from Ukraine and moved to the USA in 2014. I've been into photography since 2010 and as a self-taught, I gained all my knowledge and inspiration through social media and online photography communities. A year later, I started creating fairy surrealistic female portraits, which became my preferable genre and a hallmark of my work. I've also been working as a freelance retoucher since 2011 and have worked on high-end beauty, commercial and key-art projects.I strive to create beyond traditional portraiture and to tell imaginative stories through my art. I never just take a photo. She always uses photography as a way of collecting material to create something that is not possible to capture by constructing dreamlike sets that rely on beauty, symbolism, metaphors, and associations to convey fantasy, whimsy, and intangible ideas. Installations, costumes, and Photoshop manipulation help me embody my fantasies into a finished piece of art. As a workshop instructor and speaker, I have already taught in different countries and for different brands such as Broncolor, Adobe, Nikon, etc, at the events such as Adobe MAX, Adobe Live, PPE, WPPI, CES, etc. I have taught Photoshop at online conferences such as Photoshop Virtual Summit since 2020. I have showcased my work at exhibitions and been published all around the globe.Skills and proficiency:• Proficient with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom.• Experienced working with digital cameras, lighting equipment.• Strong knowledge of color theory• Great knowledge of different beauty retouch techniques, excellent ability to retouch skin• Imaginative: Out of the box critical thinking approach.• Photography and postproduction coach and teacher.• Photography workshops organizer.