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Biography:
Member of the Russian Union of Artists (2005). Born in 1963 in Leningrad. Graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics (1988) and later from the Yu. A. Galperin Faculty of Photo Correspondents at the St. Petersburg Union of Journalists (2004). Worked as an engineer at state enterprises (1984-1994) and as a manager at private firms from 1994. Currently the General Director of LLC "RASKON". Member of the VDK Photo Club since 2003. Author and participant in over 30 solo and group fine art photography exhibitions. Recipient of numerous awards from Russian and international photography competitions.

Publications:

• Magazine "Russian Reporter", section Sreda Obitaniya (Habitat), series "Border Guards of the Everyday" (photo and text). №13(141) April 2010.
• "Reflection" – Project "Okhtenskie Rebyatishki (Okhta Kids)", curator V. Smirnov. Album of St. Petersburg photographers, 2009.
• "Mediafilosofiya II. Granitsy distsipliny (Mediaphilosophy II. Discipline Boundaries)" edited by V. V. Savchuk, M. A. Stepanov. St. Petersburg Philosophical Society, 2009. Publication design. From the series "Uslovnye Refleksy (Conditional Reflexes)" and "Bezuslovnye Refleksy (Unconditional Reflexes)".
• "BLACK & WHITE MAGAZINE (USA)" – For collectors of photography, April 2008. First cover and photographs open an article about St. Petersburg photographers.
• Magazine "FOTOTRAVEL", May 2008. "Lokhovskie Khroniki (Lokhovo Chronicles)" (photographs and text).
• Nal Podolsky, "Za Objektivom (Behind the Lens)" – Essays on St. Petersburg photographers and photography. Limbus Press, St. Petersburg – Moscow, 2008. Print run: 3000 copies.
• Magazine "Tsifrovik", March 2007. "St. Petersburg. Sloboda Kapitana Rzhevskogo V.F. (Settlement of Captain Rzhevsky V.F.)" (photographs and text).
• Magazine "Zoom" (Russian version), November–December 2007. Series "Khozhdeniya (Wanderings)" (photographs and text).
• Magazine "Tsifrovik", November 2007. "Okhtenskie Rebyatishki (Okhta Kids)" (photographs and text).
• Album "NU old & new", 2006. Print run: 1700 copies. Compiler A. A. Kitaev. 2 works from the series "Sushchnost, Portret v Interere (Essence, Portrait in an Interior)".
• Magazine "Potrebitel. Vesna 2006 (Consumer. Spring 2006)", Photo and Video Equipment section. "Lokhovskie Khroniki Aleksandra Smirnova (Alexander Smirnov's Lokhovo Chronicles)". Article author Oleg Yasakov.
• Almanac "Khronika Sankt-Peterburga (St. Petersburg Chronicle)", compiler Valery Lozovsky. 2003 and 2005 editions.

Collections (private collections not listed):

• State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg (Peter and Paul Fortress)
• Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
• Museum of the History of Photography, St. Petersburg
• Holy Trinity Novo-Golutvin Convent

Selected Exhibitions:

• 2010:
• "Reflection", Museum of Photography "Dom Metenkova", Yekaterinburg. From the series "Okhtenskie Rebyatishki".
• "Portret kak Povod (Portrait as a Pretext)", Moscow gallery L-gallery. From the series "Uslovnye Refleksy".
• "Reflection", Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg. From the series "Okhtenskie Rebyatishki".
• 2009:
• "Kupol (Dome)", Youth Center of the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. From the series "Bezuslovnye Refleksy".
• "Garderob Odnoi Damy (One Lady's Wardrobe)", Kotka, Finland.
• Action-photo exhibition "Kto Ya? (Who Am I?)", project "Sasha Bulkin". Loft Project ETAGI, St. Petersburg (14.01 – 31.01.09).
• "Selo Lokhovskoe. Khroniki (Lokhovo Village. Chronicles)", International Month of Photography in Moscow *"Fotobiennale-2009"* (28 March – 4 May). Zurab Tsereteli Gallery of Arts, Moscow.
• 2008:
• "Novye Postupleniya. 2003 – 2007 (New Acquisitions. 2003 – 2007)", Peter and Paul Fortress (10 Oct – 30 Nov). Exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg.
• "Uslovnye Refleksy (Conditional Reflexes)", Center for Art and Music of the V. V. Mayakovsky Library, St. Petersburg (27 Aug – 18 Sep).
• "Tsvet i Ten (Color and Shadow)", International Month of Photography in Moscow *"Fotobiennale-2008"* (5 Apr – 9 May). Zurab Tsereteli Gallery of Arts, Moscow.
• "Sloboda Kapitana Rzhevskogo V.F. (Settlement of Captain Rzhevsky V.F.)", as part of the First International Karl Bulla Photo Contest "Epokhi Zrimye Cherty (Visible Features of Epochs)". Karl Bulla Historical Photography Foundation, St. Petersburg.
• 2007:
• *"Aleksandr Vasilievich Pavlov i ego 7-Ya (Alexander Vasilievich Pavlov and his 7th)"* (within the "Best Photo Correspondent of 2006" competition). Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg.
• "Garderob Odnoi Damy (One Lady's Wardrobe)". Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg.
• 2006:
• "Garderob Odnoi Damy", festival of projects "Blits R", Exhibition Center of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists.
• "Russkaya Zemlya Pravoslavnaya (Russian Orthodox Land)", Smolny Cathedral, St. Petersburg (3 Apr – 13 May).
• "Reshayushchee Mgnovenye (The Decisive Moment)", Central House of the Architect, Moscow (21 – 27 Feb).
• "Garderob Odnoi Damy", State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg (Rumyantsev Mansion).
• "Reshayushchee Mgnovenye. 'Ves Peterburg'2005 (The Decisive Moment. 'All of Petersburg'2005)". Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg.
• Annual Autumn Photo Vernissage. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg.
• 2005:
• "Best Photo Correspondent of 2005". Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg.
• "Homo photos", State Museum of Urban Sculpture, St. Petersburg.
• "Ne Okonchennaya Istoriya s Fotoapparatom... (An Unfinished Story with a Camera...)". St. Petersburg House of Journalists.
• "Khozhdeniya (Wanderings)", "Raskolnikov" Gallery, St. Petersburg, curator A. A. Kitaev.
• *"60-letie Pobedy v Velikoy Otechestvennoy Voyne (60th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War)"*, House of Scientists in Lesnoy, St. Petersburg.
• 2004:
• Church of the Holy Prophet Elijah on Porokhovye, St. Petersburg.
• "Otklik (Response)", State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, Peter and Paul Fortress.
• "Ritmy Veka (Reportazh bez Granits) (Rhythms of the Century (Reportage Without Borders))". Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg (11 – 21 Oct).
• Second Biennale of Graphic Art. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg.
• "Best Photo Correspondent 2004". St. Petersburg House of Journalists.
• "Priroda (Nature)", DK "Vyborgsky", St. Petersburg.
• "Zolotoy Objektiv (Golden Lens)". All-Russian A. A. Ovchinnikov Competition. Halls of the Noble Assembly, Veliky Novgorod.
• "Mify i Realnost (Myth and Reality)". Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg.
• 2003:
• *"300 let Sankt-Peterburgu (300 Years of St. Petersburg)"*, Novgorod Regional Scientific Library.
• "Severnaya Palmira 2003 (Northern Palmyra 2003)", St. Petersburg House of Journalists (27.02.2003).
• "Best Photo Correspondent of 2003", St. Petersburg House of Journalists.