Hello from Yekaterina Kozachuk

Thanks for being on my little corner of the world wide web. I developed my first roll of film in a tiny little darkroom in Herrnhut, Germany when I was 18 years old. Now, 31, I’ve decided to share a few of my images. I shoot with both small and medium format cameras. I, particularly love and collect old Soviet cameras.

I’m a firm believer that photography points us to something other than what is purely seen in the image before us. Like any other art, the otherness of an image communicates the visible and the invisible to the viewer. It is through the tension of the visible and invisible that forms an interpretation or a relation to an image. What is physically in the photograph does not need to be the true image that a viewer sees. Photography has the ability to make the visible disappear and point us to something other and beyond. I’m hoping that my images are a place for people to see simply beyond the ordinary. I’m still figuring out what I want this space to be and am hoping to curate a place of reflection and contemplation.

So a little about me…I came to America as a refugee from Ukraine when I was on the cusp of turning three years old. I don’t exactly remember the early days in America, but the stories I’ve collected from my parents and community, shed light on the deep pains of being displaced and other. I grew up on the east coast before moving to the best coast. I hold a master’s degree from the high and mighty towers of Duke University. My day job is working as a domestic violence survivor advocate for the Slavic community across Oregon. I currently reside in Portland Oregon where I play the flute, drink too much coffee, eat all the gluten-free donuts, and occasionally make an appearance at Powell’s on a rainy Sunday afternoon.