I mainly focus on street, street portrait and reportage. I love using my camera as an instrument for exploring the human nature and playing around with the unique vibe that every city and culture offer. The ability to freeze movement drives me crazy, it's almost like a superpower. Street continues its rhyme and movement, while you look at your camera screen and realise that this particular moment will never be lived the same way again.
The other genre that I truly like is conceptual studio photography. I love producing my sessions: creating a concept, thinking of style and look, pulling the right references and stitching it all together. I enjoy communicating with my models a lot to achieve a bit of performance effect and help them to live their image and character.
In fact, both spontaneous and well-prepared framing form the Yin and Yang of my photography.
AWARDS, EXHIBITIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- 1st place in the International Photography Awards, Russia 2018 ("Event: Traditions and Cultures" category);
- Honourable Mentions in the annual International Photography Awards 2021 contest ("People-Portrait" and "People-Street Photography" categories);
- Honourable Mentions / official selections in the International Photography Awards OneShot annual contests: Street Photo 2019 ("Moments - perfect place and timing"), Movement 2020 ("Street Photography"); Color 2022 ("Street Photography").
- winning the monthly RPS 365 competition by the Royal Photographic Society (February 2020, “Inspiration” theme);
- participation in the 5th Photobiennale of Modern Photography organised by the State Russian Museum (two works exhibited during Feb-March 2019 in Marble Palace, St Petersburg, Russia);
- finalist of the “True Britain” photographic contest by National Geographic Russia (April 2020);
- official selection by 2020 and shortlisted by 2021 London International Creative Competition;
In 2024 I published my first professional photo book of street photography called IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT in collaboration with SNAP Collective, an independent European publishing house. You can order your copy here.
A proud member of the Royal Photographic Society (UK).
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