Mar 27, 2012
Irina Varshavsky
Irina Varshavsky was born and lived most of her life in St. Petersburg, Russia. She worked with a microscope in medical diagnostic for many years. She still looks for the small details that make sense, but with the help of her camera lens. Irina studied photography and printmaking at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills. She prints both in darkroom and with desktop inkjet printer, respecting it is as an old time mechanical printing press. She also uses alternative photographic printing processes such as cyanotype.
