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Natalia Filatova was born in Donetsk, Ukraine. She graduated from Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University, majoring in journalism. In 2014, she moved to Kharkiv, and now she lives and works in Lviv. From 2011 she has worked with Polaroid and Instax instant printing cameras as well as alternative printing methods. She is a participant in numerous Ukrainian and international group exhibitions dedicated to instant photography. The main themes of her research are the interactions between people, objects and space. Natalia's passion for instant cameras led to experimentation with numerous cameraless photography techniques that allow her to create original, sometimes even mystical, works. Today she uses methods such as the tranfer of a photo's emulsion to another surface (Polaroid emulsion lift) and experiments with the exposure of photos in different liquids (Polaroid soup). The artist also creates abstract polagrams - Polaroid images made by exposing objects on light sensetive paper.