A graduate from a photography school in Moscow and perpetually self-taught, Alena Kutnikova discovered a passion for still-life photography when she was obliged – along with the whole world – to isolate during the Covid-19 pandemic. This new artistic genre stood out as the only possibility for the artist to express herself creatively, and what a pleasant surprise it was! She studied its history and thus delved into the codes of the fine arts in the fifteenth to seventeenth century in Europe. She was notably inspired by works of the masters from the Netherlands and started to see everyday objects, including food, in a new light.