Was born in 1953 in Leningrad, USSR. After graduating from the Polytechnic Institute in 1976, he worked at the Institute of Informatics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1994 to 2019 he was the leading developer of Artificial Intelligence and Image Analysis (Paris). Currently retired. In 2005 he became interested in photography, being 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 (Silver), 2020 (Gold); Black & White Spider Awards 2016, 2018 (Photographer of the Year - 2nd place); Trierenberg Photo Supercirqiut 2019, 2021 (Gold). Exhibitions: Vyborg, Russia (2017); Linz, Austria (2019); Paris, France (2019); Oudenburg, Belgium (2020), Saint-Petersburg, Russia (2021).