Bio

Bio: Born in Moscow, Russia in the late 1980-s. Studied Photography at British Higher School of Art and Design and Digital Compositing for cinema at Screamschool in Moscow. In 2010-s moved to Canada and since 2022 lives in the Netherlands. Started with travel photography in 2007 and then art photography with both film and digital images in 2011. Artist Statement: I do believe that everyone is born with an instinct for art. Revealing it through photography has become my lifework. Transforming a real object into an interpretable artistic image by means of composition is what photography means for me. Finding a reality scene that an eye usually does not notice or passes by, withdrawing it out of the context, making it independent and giving it a new life is what absorbs me in my work. This new live form provoking thoughts and feelings is what I would like to invite a spectator to reveal in my pictures. I prefer straight photography in the strictest sense of the word without manipulation or staging. Photography is about real objects and their relationship to a moment in time; a unique moment never to be repeated. A photograph should tell a story and it should be a true story. If it is something one can look at for a long time, then you have created a photograph, not just an image. Selected Awards: 2024 - The International Photo Awards (IPA), Official Selection 2024 - The Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3), Honorable mention 2022 - Black & White Magazine Spotlight + Interview 2022 - 17th Black & White Spider Awards, Nominee in Architectural 2020 - 15th Black & White Spider Awards, Honorable Mention in Aerial 2014 - The Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3), Bronze in Portraiture/Culture 2014 - 7th annual, International Color Awards, Nominee in Fine Art 2013 - International Photography Awards, Honorable Mentions in Fine Art Selected Publications: 2022 - BW Magazine Interview, Issue 160, June 2023 2014 - BW Magazine, Issue 101, Feb 2014 2013 - BW Magazine, Issue 98, Aug 2013