Liza Kanaeva-Hunsicker a Moscow-born NYC based artist, whose work is a visceral exploration of identity and sexuality, a messy love letter to the complexities of womanhood.
Having honed her craft alongside legendary artists like Steven Meisel and Pamela Hanson, Liza's journey is marked by a pursuit of authenticity. Each photograph is a dialogue, a moment suspended in time, inviting viewers to confront their own perceptions of beauty and strength. Liza's work connects intimate and the universal, the personal and the collective, in a celebration of the feminine experience. Vogue Italia has been an early champion and a loyal supporter of Liza’s work.
Kanaeva-Hunsicker’s publications include NYC Girls (2023), Soft Gaze at Intimacy (2022), and Primal Sight (2020) - stand as testaments to her artistic vision on femininity and representation. These works, now part of the permanent library collections at The Whitney, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art, speak volumes of her impact on contemporary photography.
"My work is a messy love letter to women, to skateboarding, to eating disorder, to Moscow, to New York, to nonconformity, to my body and hers, to a school girl that used to be and is me."
Selected publications -
Vogue Italia, DAZED, VICE, The Guardian, The Washington Post, British Journal of Photography, Paper Journal, King Kong, L’Oeil de la Photographie
Books -
NYC GIRLS, Self Self, Italy 2023 / acquired by The Whitney, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
PRIMAL SIGHT, Gnomic Book, NYC, USA 2020 / acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
SOFT GAZE AT INTIMACY, Self Self, Italy 2022
SHOOTING FILM, Hachette Book Group, UK 2022
Exhibitions -
Corporeality by Art-ICON, Paris, France 2024
PhotoVogue Festival, Milan, Italy 2022
Voice x PhotoVogue NFT exhibition, NYC, NYC 2022
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize, shortlist 2019, 2021
PhotoVogue Festival, Milan, Italy, finalist 2018
Contact -
Karen Long @ WYO Artists
karen@wyoartists.com
studio: ekanaeva@gmail.com
Instagram: @liza_kanaeva_