Despite having a fascination for faces since she was a child, Kochkarova’s only started taking photography seriously when she was offered a camera a year ago. Instantaneously, her dreamy portraiture has focused on both capturing women who inspire her and celebrating modern womanhood. “The region has evolved so much in regards to women, it blows my mind. I want to participate in this movement”, she says discussing the inspiration behind her work. In fact, the actual idea of creating Girls came to her after she visited her home country two years ago, where she discovered a book her late grandfather had written and realised it was the only thing that was left from him. “I wanted to leave a timeless trace with this project”, she adds.