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Graduate of the Faculty of Photo Correspondents. Worked for the newspapers Izherets, Smena, and Kommersant during the peak perestroika years. Joined the English-language The St. Petersburg Times in the mid-1990s. Collaborated with magazines Ogonyok, Domovoy, and Newsweek, and created covers and other work for the newspaper Puls. Published in The Sunday Times, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times. Has shot and continues to shoot for Finnish and Swedish publications: Hufvudstadsbladet, Ilta Sanomat, Talloselamma. Worked as a photographer on Alexander Sokurov's film Russian Ark.

In 2006, Piter Publishing House released his book on photography with the modest title Photography, School of Mastery. To the author's great regret, the print run sold out quickly, and he was compelled to write a new one – Digital Photography, which was published in 2009 and reprinted in 2010. In 2011, another book was published: Photography in Challenging Conditions.

In 2008, he participated in creating the book about Cyprus Journey Through the Blessed Island, and in 2010 he assisted in creating the travel guide to Rome Journey to the Eternal City.

Currently a lecturer at St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Journalism, and continues to shoot for publications as before.

Contacts:
alexbelenky@yandex.ru
http://alex-cherny-ph.livejournal.com
http://picasaweb.google.com/alexbelalexbel

Exhibitions and Awards:

• 1994 – 2nd Place, Interfoto photo contest, Moscow
• 1995 – Interfoto exhibition, Moscow
• 1996 – Solo exhibition, House of Journalists, St. Petersburg
• 1997 – Solo photo exhibition, House of Journalists, St. Petersburg
• 2001 – Work on Alexander Sokurov's film Russian Ark
• 2002 – Group exhibition, House of Journalists, St. Petersburg
• 2003 – Group exhibition, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2003 – Cherdak (Attic) exhibition, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
• 2004 – St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Journalism Library
• 2004 – International exhibition, Tbilisi
• 2004 – International Festival of European Documentary Cinema, Romania
• 2005 – Group exhibition Horizons, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2006 – Group exhibition, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2006 – Award in the Portrait category, Best Photo Correspondent 2006 contest, St. Petersburg
• 2006 – First Prize, photo contest by the British Consulate General Different People – Who Are They?, St. Petersburg
• 2010 – Prize winner, Best Photo Taken in Finland contest under the auspices of National Geographic, Moscow
• 2010 – Prize winner, photo contest by the Spanish Center Adelante, St. Petersburg
• 2011 – Participant in the photo exhibition Melodies and Passion of the Mediterranean. Italy Spain, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
• 2011 – Second Prize in the Reportage genre, All-Russian photo contest Visible Features of Epochs