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Sergey Yakovlevich Maximishin was born in 1964. He finished school in 1982 in Kerch, Crimea. That same year, he enrolled in the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, specializing in Experimental Nuclear Physics. From 1985 to 1987, he served in the Soviet Army as a photographer at the military club of the Group of Soviet Military Specialists in Cuba. In 1988, he returned to the institute, combining his studies with work at the Laboratory of Scientific and Technical Expertise of the State Hermitage Museum. From 1996 to 1998, he studied at the Faculty of Photo Correspondents at the St. Petersburg House of Journalists. From 1999 to 2003, he worked for the newspaper Izvestia. Since 2003, he has been collaborating with the German agency Focus.

Publications:
The Times, Time, Newsweek, Parool, Liberation, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Stern, Business Week, Focus, Der Profil, Corriere della Sera, Izvestia, Ogonyok, Itogi, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Moskovsky Komsomolets, among others.

Awards:

• 2001:
• RussiaPressPhoto:
• 1st Prize, "Culture" category (single photograph)
• 1st Prize, "Everyday Life" category (series)
• 1st Prize, "Everyday Life" category (single photograph)
• "Golden Pen" Award, St. Petersburg Union of Journalists
• "Photographer of the Year" Award, Ogonyok magazine
• 2002:
• RussiaPressPhoto:
• 1st Prize, "Nature, Ecology and Environment" category
• 3rd Prize, "People" category
• 3rd Prize, "Humor" category
• Grand Prix, St. Petersburg competition "Best Photo Correspondent of the Year"
• Russian Academy of Journalism Award "For the Best Reportage of the Year"
• 2003:
• RussiaPressPhoto:
• 1st Prize, "Nature and Environment – single photograph"
• 2nd Prize, "People" category
• 2nd Prize, "Culture" category (photo project)
• 2nd Prize, "Culture" category (single photograph)
• 3rd Prize, "News" category (photo project)
• Honorable Mention from the Jury
• 2004:
• World Press Photo:
• 1st Prize, "Arts and Entertainment – single photograph"
• RussiaPressPhoto:
• 1st Place, "People" category (single photograph)
• 2nd Place, "Everyday Life" category (single photograph)
• 1st Place, "Culture" category (single photograph)
• 1st Place, "Culture" category (project)
• 2005:
• UNEP International Photographic Competition on the Environment:
• Honorable Mention from the Jury
• 2006:
• World Press Photo:
• 1st Prize, "Daily Life" category