Natalya Ignatova

Natalya Ignatova is a Canadian-based photographer, educator, and author with more than 25 years of professional experience. She has specialized in newborn photography since 2009 and was among the photographers who introduced and developed professional newborn photography in Russia. For more than 14 years, Natalya has taught photographers internationally through workshops, conferences, and her online school, which has trained over 1,000 photographers. She is the author of *Little World of Big Photography*, a professional educational book dedicated entirely to newborn photography, published in Russian in 2016 and still purchased by photographers around the world. Natalya has served as a jury member for the Russian Photo Awards, spoken at major photography events in Russia and Europe, and has worked with international photography brands including Pixellu and Profoto. Her work has received multiple photography and art awards, and she continues to photograph, teach, and develop educational projects from her studio in British Columbia, Canada.