About

The aerial and fine-art photographer, Daria Troitskaia, was born in Saint Petersburg, brought up in Vienna, and is now living in Milan, Italy.



Having a story behind the photographs is essential to me – beauty itself is not interesting enough. 

Formally trained at an art school and well-versed in graphic and web design, she has also worked as an art director before she turned to photography full-time. Guided by her continuous interest in photography on a practical and a theoretical level, she completed several courses in photography, among them the "Sotheby's course Art as Global Business”, to enhance her skills in photography and art.

After releasing "Maltese Exposures", a book with street photography motives of Malta in 2020, she is now working on several photography projects. In one of them, she takes aerial shots of Mediterranean landscapes. In these photographs, unusual compositional solutions in the landscape views are key: instead of reproducing touristic views, the project is inspired by abstract paintings. Troitskaia plans to expand this project to other locations as soon as possible.

Apart from shooting and learning photography, Troitskaia is also interested in the cameras themselves: she has assembled an impressive collection of cameras and enjoys experimenting with different equipment.

 

Awards

 

2023 IPA Deeper Perspectives Award - Honorable Mention - Wunderkammer

Monovisions Black & White Awards - Honorable Mention - Fine Art - Insomnia

Communication Arts 2023 Photography Annual - Communication Arts

reFocus Awards Black & White Photo Contest - Gold, Fashion & Beauty. Professional

Monochrome Photography Awards 2022 - Honorable Mention

Monochrome Photography Awards 2022 - Honorable Mention

tifa 2022 - Bronze - Les Voiles De St Tropez, France

IPA 2022 - Honorable Mention - Architecture Historic - Mont Saint-Michel, France

Drone Photo Awards 2022 - Commended - Barcolana

Monovisions Photography Awards 2022 - Honorable Mention - Photo, Landscapes, 2022

Monovisions Photography Awards 2022 - Honorable Mention - Photo, Portrait, 2022

IPA One Shot - Color 2022 - Official Selection - Blue Cave, Antarctica

IPA One Shot - Color 2022- Official Selection - Italian Riviera

All-About-Photo Awards 2022 - Particular Merit Mention

IPA 2022 - Official Selection - Grace, Fine Art-Portrait

IPA 2022 - Official Selection - Architecture, Historic - Mont Saint-Michel, France

IPA 2022 - Official Selection - Sports-Sport Competitions - Barcolana 2021

IPA 2022 - Official Selection - Nature-Aerial / Drone - Matterhorn Aerial

Monochrome Photography Awards 2021 - Honorable Mention

IPA 2021 - Fine-art, Abstract - Honorable Mention - Black Balloon

IPA 2021 - Nature-Aerial / Drone - Honorable Mention - Dolomiti Sunrise

IPA 2020 - People -Street Photography - Honorable Mention - Sunday Morning in Sliema

Monochrome Photography Awards 2020 - Honorable Mention

FEP Photographer. Member of the Federation of Professional European Photographers

Master of APG

Photographer of APG

 



Exhibitions

11/2023 - Celebration of Photography 2023 - Leica Gallery ION Orchard, Singapore

09/2023 - ImagiNation Milan 2023. Milan, Italy

05/2023 - ImagiNation Paris 2023. Paris, France

03/2023 - 06/2023 Solo Show “The Way Up High” at Leica Galerie Taipei, Taiwan

10/2022 - 01/2023 Solo Show “The Way Up High” at Leica Galerie Nürnberg, Germany

12/2022 - Spectrum Miami - Art Basel Miami 2022

11/2022 - ARTDOC Online Exhibition: Colors of Life

10/2022 - Sleeping With Art: The Art of Cars. Hedsor House, UK

03/2021 - Collaborative Exhibition “Mi Casa” at Espacio MADOS. Madrid, Spain

03/2021 - Artist in Residence Exhibition. For the month of March 2021. The Phoenicia, Malta

02/2021 - TNAX Project by Valletta Cultural Agency. St John Street, Valletta. Malta

11/2020 - INDOORS. From Where I am. A Salon Exhibition at DESKO. Valletta, Malta

10/2020 - Venice Photo Lab. Venice, Italy

09/2020 - Treviso Photographic Festival. Treviso, Italy

09/2020 - “#LeicaRussiaAtHome” Exhibition at Leica Russia. Moscow, Russia

03/2020 - “Mi Casa” Online Exhibition at La Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain

02/2020 - Solo Show “Transition” at DESKO. Valletta, Malta

01/2020 - Fotographija Hand Printed at “Splendid”. Valletta, Malta.

05/2019 - Leica International Club Exhibition. Moscow, Russia



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