Early Life
Irina’s parents, have had a long-standing hobby with photography and developed their own analogue film at home. One could say photography was in her blood and camera’s were always around, while she was growing up. One of her earliest childhood memories is with a Polaroid camera that family friends had. She became so fascinated with the way film was developed so quickly and how you could see the results in a matter of seconds. That for years she hoped she would own her own Polaroid one day. That day came on her 13th Birthday, needless to say, that she ran around with that camera taking pictures of everything she found interesting. A few years later she got her own small digital camera and fascination turned to a lifelong passion.

Education
After finishing High School, she moved to Los Angeles, to work on her portfolio and develop her English further. While working on a photography project, she recognized that photography was not just a hobby, but a profession she wanted to pursue further. In 2008 she moved to London to pursue a Bachelor of Arts at the University of the Arts, London. After graduation she took a year off, to travel and work on her photography full time. Returning to London in 2013, Irina started her Masters in Fine Art, at UAL and successfully graduated with an MA in 2014.