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Bio
 I was born in 1964. Spent my childhood in Kerch,the Crimea. Moved to Leningrad in 1982. Served in the Soviet army as a photographer the Soviet Military Force Group on Cuba from 1985 to 1987. Graduated from Leningrad Politechnical Inctitute in 1991 with a B.A. in physics.Worked in the laboratory of scientific and technical expertise in the Hermitage Museum. Graduated from St-Petersburg Faculty of photojournalism in 1998. In 1999-2003 was a staff photographer for the "Izvestia" newspaper. Since 2003 I work with a German agency "Focus"
Publications: The Times, Time, Newsweek, Parool, Liberation, Washington Post, The Wall Street Jornal, Stern, Business Week, Focus, Der Profile, Corriere della Sera, Izvestia, Ogonyok, Itogi and other. Awards: 2001:
Russia Press Photo contest:
· First Place in "Culture" (single) category
· First Place in "Daily life" (project) category
· First Place in "Daily life" (single) category
"Golden pen" award from the St-Petersburg Union of Journalists
"Photographer of the year" award from"Ogonyok" magazine
2002:
Russia Press Photo contest:
· First Place in "the Nature, ecology and an environment" category
· Third Place in "People" category
· Third Place in "Humour" category
"Photographer of the year of St-Petersburg" award
"Best report of the year" award from the Russian Academy of Journalism
2003:
Russia Press Photo contest:
· First Place in "the Nature, ecology and an environment" (single) category
· Second Place in "People" category
· Second Place in "Culture" (project) category
· Second Place in "Culture" (single) category
· Third Place in "News" (project) category
· Special jury award
2004:
World Press Photo:
· First Place in "Arts and entertainment" (single) category
Russia Press Photo contest:
· First Place in "People" (single) category
· Second Place in "Daily life" (single) category
· First Place in "Culture" (single) category
· First Place in "Culture" (project) category
2005:
UNEP International Photographic Competition on the Environmental:
· Honorable mention
2006:
World Press Photo:
· First Place in "Daily life" (single) category
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