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Elena Blednykh, a graduate of our faculty, is one of the leading theater photographers. A member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia, St. Petersburg Branch (SPbTSKh, IFA).

Member of the Union of Photo Artists of Russia.

Specialization: photo reportage, artistic photography.

Education: LEIS (1988); Yuri A. Galperin Faculty of Photojournalism at the St. Petersburg Union of Journalists (2006).

Professional Organizations: SPbTSKh (IFA); Creative Union "Soft Image".

Place of Work: "Nord Design" company, official photographer for EUROSHOW company.

Solo Exhibitions:
2004 – "Flowers"; photo report from a Goran Bregovich concert – "Phototekhnika" store (St. Petersburg)
2006 – "Musical Starfall", "Passion for Forsyte" – House of Journalists (St. Petersburg)
2006 – "SPb Open 2005" – "Gloria" tennis club (St. Petersburg)
2007 – Concert Photography – Ice Palace (St. Petersburg)
2008 – "Colors of Ecuador" – "Flowers" exhibition hall (St. Petersburg)
2009 – "Rachmaninoff Dvorik" gallery (St. Petersburg)
2009 – "Camelot" – "Rabfak" gallery (St. Petersburg)

Group Exhibitions:
2003 – "Before the Ball" – House of Journalists (St. Petersburg)
2004 – Photography exhibition of the Creative Union "Soft Image" – "Art-cafe 'Brodychaya Sobaka'"; "Zelenets. The Return" – House of Scientists in Lesnoy (St. Petersburg); "On the Threshold of the Temple" – Exhibition Hall of the "Orthodox Encyclopedia" publishing house (Moscow); "Christ the Savior Cathedral" (Moscow), Alexander Nevsky Lavra (St. Petersburg)
2005 – "About Love" – "Bella Casa" gallery (St. Petersburg)
2006 – "Russian Orthodox Land" – Exhibition Hall of Smolny Cathedral (St. Petersburg); "Different People: How Alike They Are" – Atrium of the Peter and Paul Fortress (St. Petersburg); "Metamorphoses of Play" – Central Exhibition Hall "Manege" (St. Petersburg); "Petersburg – Elusive Beauty" – Exhibition Center of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists (St. Petersburg)
2007 – Exhibition "ARTINDEX. Photographers 06" – Central Exhibition Hall "Manege" (St. Petersburg); "Eros. Times and Faces" – Central Exhibition Hall "Manege" (St. Petersburg)
2008 – "Two" – "Flowers" Exhibition Hall (St. Petersburg); "Russian Orthodox Land" – Exhibition Hall of Smolny Cathedral (St. Petersburg); Exhibition "ARTINDEX. Photographers 07"; IFA Photographers (St. Petersburg) – IFA Exhibition Center; Anniversary exhibition of the "Smena" photo school – Russian National Library (St. Petersburg)
2009 – “We Are 50!” – Central Exhibition Hall “Manege” (St. Petersburg)
2009 – Exhibition dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the signing of diplomatic relations between Russia and the USA – M. A. Derzhavin Museum (St. Petersburg)
2009 – 1st Photo Biennale – The Russian Museum (Marble Palace, St. Petersburg)
2009 – “Joy of Meeting” – House of Scientists in Lesnoy (St. Petersburg)
2010 – “Joy of Meeting” – “Center of Books and Graphics” Exhibition Hall (St. Petersburg)

Titles, Awards:
2004 – winner of the photo competition "Images of Animals in the Urban Environment" – as part of the international exhibition "Kovcheg" (St. Petersburg);
2005 – 2nd prize in the nomination "Russia Today" – "Golden Lens" competition (Veliky Novgorod);
2006 – diploma from the international photo salon "Siberia 2006" in the "Color Photography" category (Novosibirsk); special diploma from LOMOND company in the "Color Photography" category (Novosibirsk);
2006 – best photojournalist in the "Art" nomination (St. Petersburg)

Publications:
Magazines: FREE TIME, NA NEVSKOM, MECENAT, FUZZ, PREFERENCE
Newspapers: Komsomolskaya Pravda, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post

Works are held in the collections of The Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), the Museum of the History of Religion (St. Petersburg), and in private collections in Russia and abroad.

Elena Blednykh with the Zapashny brothers.