Russian-born Kristina Varaksina has resided in the USA since 2010. She graduated with honours from Academy of Art University, receiving MFA in Photography in 2013 and currently lives and works between New York and London. Varaksina’s focus is to capture human emotion and the psychological impressions of her subjects' mind – permitting the characters to project their internal reality. Works undertaken are keen to explore a female perspective, connections between women’s psyche and the external world.