About me

I was born and raised in Moscow, for several years lived in South America. Until 2010 worked as sports photographer in federal mass media, currently I work as freelance photographer with leading Russian media and sports organizations. I worked as a sports photographer at major sports events, as the Winter Olympics in Sochi-2014, Rio-2016, Pyeongchang-2018, Football Mundial 2014 in Brazil and 2018 in Russia. Street photography is my passion since 2010. In 2012-2016 I was a member of Vivo international collective of street photographers.

Awards

  • 2022 Grand Prix ISEM, finalist
  • 2021 Smithsonian Photo Contest, finalist
  • 2019 Direct Look Photo Contest, 2nd place
  • 2019 Smithsonian Photo Contest, finalist
  • 2018 The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, winner in various categories
  • 2017 Direct Look photo contest, finalist
  • 2017 The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, second place
  • 2016 Competition of sports journalism «Energy of victories», Moscow, second place
  • 2015 International competition of photojournalism of Andrei Stenin, Moscow, honorable mention of the jury in the category «The problems of our time»
  • 2014 Energy of victories sports photography contest, winner
  • 2013 Moscow Street photography Festival, winner
  • 2013 Vilnius Photo Circle Festival, «Hinchada» series, finalist
  • 2013 Miami Street Photography Festival, finalist
  • 2013 The Fence Festival, «Buenos Aires» series, finalist
  • 2012 International portfolio review of Festival of Light in Buenos Aires, «Marathon» series, winner
  • 2012 International Fine Art Photography Awards 2012, Paris, finalist
  • 2011 Contest «British «Shots» magazine’s 2011 Young Photographer, finalist

Exhibitions

  • 2018 Uglich Photoparade, una exposición individual sobre Sudamérica
  • 2014 «Sport. City. Future», Photovisa international festival, Moscow, «Hinchada» series
  • 2014 Festival of Light, Buenos Aires, "Marathon«series
  • 2013 PhotoVisa international festival, Krasnodar, Russia, «Football fans», personal
  • 2013 Perm Photo biennale, «Mimicry» series
  • 2013 Tbilisi Photo Festival, Georgia, «Little man» series
  • 2013 The Fence Festival, New York and Boston, «Buenos Aires» series
  • 2012 Festival of Light, Buenos Aires, «Fútbol, pasion de multitudes» (Football, passion of the millions), personal
  • 2012 Festival of Light, Buenos Aires, «Pasión carnavalesca» (Carnival passion), personal
  • 2012 Festival of Light, La Rioja, Argentina, «Despedida del Titán», personal

Contacts

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