Portrait #3 from the "Black Circle" series - Limited Edition of 8 Photograph

In 2004 I graduated from the Ural College of Arts and Crafts with honors where I majored in environmental design. Since 2008 I have been taking part in well-known international photo contests. In 2011 I won the Russian photo contest Young Photographers of Russia. The contest projects were exhibited at the international art festival in Marsciano (Italy). In 2011 I was the winner of the photo contest The Spider Awards (USA) where I won Photographer of the Year, Outstanding Achievements in Black-and-White Photography. In 2012 I was a finalist of the contest Young Photographers of Russia after which I was admitted to the Union of Russian Art Photographers. In the same year I was nominated for the award in the photo contest Sony World Photography Awards, the exhibition was held in Somerset House (London, UK). In 2015 with my project “Shadows” I won Photographer of the Year at International Photography Awards. The award ceremony took place in Carnegie Hall (New York, USA). I was nominated for the first prize of IPA and Lucie Awards statuette.   In 2017 I won one of the most prestigious world photography contests «Sony World Photography Awards» where the project «Light. Shadows. Perfect woman.» took the first prize among the professionals in nomination «Portraiture». After winning the project «Light. Shadows. Perfect woman.» was published in numerous specialized European editions about photography. The SONY company gave a grant for the project «Libido & Mortido», the portraits from this project were exhibited in Somerset  House, London. Along with art photography I works in commercial and fashion photography. Since 2009 I have been collaborating with internationally recognized modeling agencies and stylists. Thanks to this my works are regularly published in Russian and foreign fashion magazines. Among the companies that have bought my photos are Adobe, Atlantic Records, Alfa Romeo, Lalique and others. My photographs can be seen on covers of dozens of music CDs by such popular foreign singers as Chris Brown, «Buller for my Valentine», «Operator». And also one can see my photos on books by acknowledged Russian and foreign writers and playwrights. Among them are the Nobel Prize winner in literature Mario Vargas Llosa and the famous French writer Bernard Werber. Some photos were also bought by Netflix for the film «Bright» (2017) starring Will Smith and some photos were bought by the MGM Television for the cult-favourite series «Fargo».