Photographer's Profile

Daria Troitskaia

Italy

Daria Troitskaia Daria Troitskaia is a photographer from Saint Petersburg, currently based in Milan. Working primarily with film and medium format, she explores the boundaries between stillness and movement, presence and memory. Her long-term work includes photographing ballet and performance on black-and-white film, where she searches for the silent moments of grace behind discipline and repetition. Her recent project Wunderkammer, created in collaboration with art historian and collector Maria Goncharova, continues this exploration through objects. The series of still lifes with rare antiques reinterprets the tradition of the cabinet of curiosities, transforming historical artifacts into portraits of time and fragility. Educated in graphic design, Daria brings a precise, compositional approach to photography while maintaining an intuitive, tactile relationship with light and material. Her practice bridges fine art and documentary sensibility, guided by curiosity, restraint, and a quiet reverence for form.