Was born in 1953 in Leningrad, USSR. He worked at the Institute of Informatics of the USSR Academy of Sciences and Artificial Intelligence and Image Analysis (France). Currently retired, based is St.Petersburg, Russia and Paris, France. In photography he is a self-taught amateur. The main characters of his photographs are Paris and its inhabitants. Favorite genres: urban environment and architecture, street photography, photo-art, portrait. Awards in photo contests: Best Photographer (Russia), 2009; Le plus grand concours photo du monde (France) 2014; AdMe Photo Awards 2014, 2016 (Grand Prix); Paris Photo Prize 2015, 2020 (Gold); Black & White Spider Awards 2016, 2018 (Photographer of the Year - 2nd place); Trierenberg Photo Supercirqiut, 2019; Siena Creative Photo Awards, 2021, ReFocus Awards, 2024. Exhibitions: Vyborg, Russia (2017); Linz, Austria (2019); Paris, France (2019); Oudenburg, Belgium (2020), Saint-Petersburg, Russia (2021, 2024).