Ksenia Shupenya is a street photographer based in Tallinn, Estonia. With a deep passion for capturing urban life, she compares street photography to hunting—an intricate process blending observation, intuition, and the decisive moment. Her work explores the power of photography as a visual art, capable of evoking emotions, memories, and associations.

Primarily working in monochrome, Ksenia believes the world of black-and-white photography feels like stepping into a realm of imagination. Black-and-white street stories are rooted in real life, yet they carry a certain dreamlike quality. As human beings, we experience the world in color — it’s an inseparable part of how we perceive reality. By stripping away color in photography, we create something that transcends the ordinary, giving each frame an almost fantastical, perhaps even fairy-tale-like, essence. It’s this interplay between reality and imagination that draws her to black-and-white photography and makes it so profoundly captivating. Her works have been featured in exhibitions, theater productions, and online platforms like Photo Vogue. Also, being a practitioner of analog photography, she develops her film at home, embracing the craftsmanship of the medium.