Ekaterina Kutikova Bgantseva, born in 1989, is an award-winning Spanish photographer based in Alicante, Spain. Her journey into photography began in 2007, when she worked as an editor and photographer for a local newspaper. Rooted in a deep family heritage of visual culture, cinema, and storytelling, her artistic sensibility developed through both personal history and early editorial experience. Her grandfather, Igor Lvovich Bgantsev, was a cinematographer and film director, while her great-grandfather, Alexander Lvovich Tarasov, was a cinematographer, director, and screenwriter — This connection to cinema is not simply biographical; it is part of her inner architecture — a visual inheritance that continues to shape the way she sees. She is also the founder of Street Lens Society, a collective dedicated to promoting street photography as a contemporary art form and showcasing distinctive voices in the field.
Awards:
Winner of the FUJIFILM “Día Mundial de la Fotografía 2025” Award
LensCulture Street Photography Awards – Editor’s Pick (2025, 2024)
35AWARDS – Top 35 Photographer in "Street Photo" category, 10th Annual Edition (2024)
Winner of the 4th edition of Instants, organized by La Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia (2024)
Black & White International Photo Awards – Silver Medal (2023)
Paris International Street Photo Awards (PISPA) – Silver Medal in the Classic Street Photo category for her project Spanish Stories, along with multiple Honorable Mentions (2023)
One Eyeland – Spain’s Top Mobile Photographer (2022)
Publications:
Tokyo Streets (Issues: May and September 2025)
Photographize: Street Masters Vol. 1 (2025)
Photographize: Monochrome Masters Vol. 1 (2025)
35AWARDS 10th Catalogue (2025)
Classics Magazine Vol. III (2025)
Inspired Eye (2024)
DOCU Magazine (2023)
Exhibitions
“Tokyo Streets” – Hibiya, Tokyo (September 2025)
“Tokyo Streets” – Shibuya, Tokyo (May 2025)
“Calentamiento Global” – Club Fotográfico Alicante, Alicante, Spain (August 2024)
Paris Street Photography Awards – XPOSURE International Photography Festival, Aljada, Sharjah, UAE (January 2024)
