It is difficult to describe in words what drives me to take photographs on the streets, among countless passers-by and cars, concrete walls and buildings. You have to feel it.
Every day passing by familiar things, we do not notice all the charm and magic of everyday life. Our eyes are blurry.
Photography allows me to expand the boundaries of my vision to familiar and simple things, to feel the urban environment from a different perspective. To see the hidden patterns, the beauty of lines and spots, to emphasize the mood of the environment, to catch simple moments that are later revealed with a new meaning.
I am a programmer by my main activity, and this can also be said to be a kind of creative profession. But it is photography that allows me to completely immerse myself in creativity, to get satisfaction from a successful shot, to combine my rather restless personality into one.
Also, a separate magic happens in the selection of works, the slightest nuance can be a decisive moment in choosing the right frame, and it can be the reason for a failed work.
Creativity is undoubtedly dictated by mood. In my works one can often reveal melancholic / choleric impressions, with elements of loneliness and loss.
Basically, my works are a reflection of my world of perception.
The reflection of my world is the real me.
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I am a resident of Podolsk, a Russian city near Moscow. A simple gray Russian town with its own peculiarities, gray streets, gloomy faces. Despite the proximity of the capital, the contrasts are significant. And photography helps me live with it.
I am 36. For my 36 years, I have lived and breathed photography for about 8 years.
During this time, I became a "Young Photographer of Russia", three times my work became "The Best Photos of Russia", there were many exhibitions (Great Britain, South Korea, China, Ukraine, Russia), became an official member of the Union of Russian Photographers, my work was one of the main banners at the Sony World Photography Awards at Somerset House.
I want to reach a new level of dissemination of my creativity, and I am sure that ArtFinder is a great platform that will help me with this.
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Some exhibitions list:
- Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition (London)
- China International Photographic Art Festival (China, Zhengzhou)
- International Architecture & Urban Digital Competition (South Korea, Busan)
- Best of Russia 2014/2015 (Moscow)
- Young photographers of Russia (Moscow)
- Festival of street photography (Moscow)