Short bio
Eva is based in Athens, Greece. She has been involved in creative art photography since 2019. She attended many photography courses in Greece (Hellenic Centre for Photography, iFocus, Diadromes). She also completed the "Seeing through photographs" online course at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
She published her first photobook “little miracles” in December 2022, followed by her first solo exhibition in May 2023. She is the winner of the Wildlife & Nature category of the Professional competition of the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards and her work has been awarded in various otherinternational competitions (refocus awards, Gabriela Iturbide MA-g awards, Julia Margaret Cameron award, International Imaging Competition, Exposure one and 1839 awards). She has participated in many group exhibitions (in Athens, London, Milan, Berlin, Hanoi-Vietnam, Busan-Korea), and her work was included in collective photobooks, in Greece and abroad.
A selection of images from her series “Suspended worlds” are included in the Museum of Avant-garde's permanent contemporary collection, in Switzerland.
Artist statement
My more intentional engagement with photography has revived my connection with nature and my inner self. My focus is on nature, urban, macro, abstract and fine art photography. I’m not fascinated by the impressive or extraordinary but more so by the hidden, the quiet or unseen things that are left unnoticed. I seek the beauty, magic and poetry in the ordinary, creating what I call "my little mundane world". For me, what is hidden in the details is beautiful, intriguing and precious and I feel compelled to share it with others in an artistic way. My intent is to offer an aesthetic, quiet pause from the constant visual noise of daily life and a chance to reconnect with your emotions and the natural environment.
Photography is my way to discover new things hidden deeply in myself and share them as stories with others. I see my photos as verses in poems, as random thoughts and glimpses in my little mundane world’s story, my story. It is a way to unconsciously learn about myself and the world under a new perspective and use the visual universal language of photography to show it to others. The intention is to seek deeper within me through the reflections of what I see in my subjects, mainly in nature, but also in the urban environment. I believe that we don’t have to search far to find beauty and magic in our ordinary lives. We need to purposely seek for it anywhere we go, to counter balance all the negativity, violence and disconnection that we encounter in our modern world everyday.
I hope you enjoy the extraordinary poetry that may be uncovered in the ordinary.
I am happy to hear your thoughts and impressions. You can reach out to me using the contact form.
Eva Berler
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