INNER BEAUTY
is an author’s project of Yulia Otroschenko, merging the genres of photography and storytelling, dedicated to people with non-standard appearance and physical features that go beyond the generally accepted canons of beauty.
The project about self-belief and love for yourself, regardless of age, or appearance, or health condition
Stories that really make a difference
NIKITA USTIANTSEV
spinal cord tumor
ALEKSEI TRANTSEV
arm amputation
ANASTASIA SELYAEVA
oncology
Hope these photos will serve as a means of drawing social attention to our heroes’ stories, which, I believe, will change our view of them. And probably will inspire us to do something wonderful”.
Yulia Otroschenko
It’s still a question which scars are worse — the psychical or the mental ones
Svetlana “Firegirl” Alekseeva, IV-degree burn
Half of my life I’ve been hiding
Anna Bortnikova, alopecia
One moment I realized I would never grow up
Ekaterina Popova, dwarfism