Marina Kazakova: The poetics of childhood | MONOVISIONS - Black & White Photography Magazine

MonoVisions Black & White Photo Contest 2025

The concept of the series is expressed in a mental journey through intimate visions of private life showing how often stories that worth to be told are very close to us. The poetics of childhood: boundless sensuality, confidence and a huge need for love, perhaps more than in any other period of life.

Marina Kazakova was born in Soviet Union and have never lived in one place for more than 5 years. Frequent changes of residence, the republic of the Soviet Union, Germany, Kazakhstan, Russia and finally Italy. She studied journalism at Moscow University.

‘The poetics of childhood’ was the Black & White Portrait Series of the Year 1st place Winner in the MonoVisions Photography Awards 2019.