Born 5 August 1980, Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1997 graduated from high school.
From 1999 to 2000, studied at the Vocational School of Mechanics & Optics, (St. Petersburg, Russia) as a photographer.
2001-2004, worked for a photo lab of the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia)
2002–2004, studied at the School of Photojournalism of The Union of Journalists (St. Petersburg, Russia)
2005, joined Agency Photographer.Ru (Russia)
2007–2009, cooperated with the Anzenberger agency (Austria)
Since 2009, freelance photographer.
2010-2011, student of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Worked in Belarus, Ukraine, Central Russia, Siberia, Arctic, Caucasus, Central Asia, Far East.
At present lives and works in Moscow
Publications:
Time, Esquire, GQ, Marie Claire, Colors, YO Dona, Snob, Rolling Stone, Afisha, Bolshoi Gorod, Wirtschafts Woche, Newsweek (usa, int, jp, rus), Le Monde, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Park Avenue, Еxpert, Ogoniok, etc
Personal exhibitions:
2009- “Pure Vision”, Centre for Art & Music, V.V.Mayakovsky Public Library, St. Petersburg, Russia
Group exhibitions:
2010 – “Teremok. Upgrade of the cultural identity.”, Art-Centre Independent Plaza, Moscow
2010 - “Global Photography: From True Stories”. Associazione Culturale Officine Fotografiche, Roma, Italy
2010 - SI Fest - Savignano Immagini Festival, “Global Photography: From True Stories”. Savignano, Italy
2010 – “No Translations #1 – Everyday heroism”, Project “Open Scene”, Moscow
2010 – «Liquidators», as part of EAST: Young Eastern European Photography, an exhibition and book project by Anzenberger Agency, Central European House of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
2009 - «Liquidators», as part of EAST: Young Eastern European Photography, an exhibition and book project by Anzenberger Agency, Vienna, Austria
2009 – “A New Place to Live”, The Courtyard Theatre Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
2008 – “Young Eastern European Photography”, Brick5 Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2006 – “Decisive moment”, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, St. Petersburg, Russia
2005 – Exhibition dedicated to the opening of Agency.Photographer.Ru, Artplay Desigh Centre, Moscow, Russia
2005 – State Russian Museum of Photography, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (Scholarship from Ministry of culture of Russia)
2004 – Museum of Fine Arts, Great Novgorod, Russia (Great Novgorod Mayors Award at “Golden lens” competition )
2003 – “Contemporary St.Petersburg through the Eyes of Photographers”, the State Russian Museum (Stroganov Palace) , St. Petersburg, Russia
Bibliography:
“Global Photography: From True Stories”, Associazione Culturale Officine Fotografiche, Roma, Italy, 2009
“East”, by Regina Maria Anzenberger (Editor), Moser Verlag, Munchen, Germany, 2008 Text: German and English
Black and White St-Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2003. Russian, English