7 world-renowned photographers from Russia

The other day, the whole world was discussing the shooting of Brad Pitt for GQ magazine. Many liked the bright clothes and unusual appearance of the actor – a photo with a strange appearance appeared on the cover of the magazine. The author of the provocative shot was Elizaveta Porodina, a photographer from Russia. The girl at different times shot for The Cut, Vogue, Time. Her portfolio includes paintings with Natalia Vodianova for Russian Vogue and Simon Port Jacquemus for French GQ.

Success came to Porodina relatively recently – she has been photographing since she was 23 years old. He drew before buying a camera. And this skill was especially useful to Elizabeth when she started taking pictures – you can see from the pictures how she plays with color and light and notices details.

Who other than Russian photographers conquered the world with their incredible pictures and sense of beauty? We describe it below.

Alfred Fedetsky

Famous photographer of the 19th century. He graduated from the photography institute of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Later he worked in Kyiv and Kharkov.

During his lifetime Alfred raised members of the imperial family, John of Kronstadt, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Ivan Aivazovsky. He constantly participated in international exhibitions and the whole world knew him. Fedetsky was especially remembered after 1888 – he was later awarded a gold medal at an exhibition in Brussels for images from the collapse of the imperial train near the Borki station.

Alexander Rodchenko

“I want to teach people to see things out of the ordinary,” said a famous early 20th-century photographer when reporters were asked about his work. The great Russian avant-garde artist, poster artist, graphic artist, sculptor, theater and film artist and, of course, a photographer. A talented person is talented in everything. This is clearly about Rodchenko.

At one time, he surprised the world with photos of Vladimir Mayakovsky, Lily Brik, Osip Brik, as well as numerous shots of Soviet reality.

Georgy Pinkhasov

George Pinkhasov’s interest in photography began at school. After graduation, he entered VGIK, worked for a long time as a photographer at Mosfilm, after which he began to shoot on his own.

His photos were noticed by Andrei Tarkovsky, who invited Pinkhasov to shoot a report on the movie Stalker.

In the 1980s, Pinkhasov married a French woman and moved to live in Paris. He worked for the Magnum photo agency for a long time (and is still the only Russian photographer at this agency). He then began collaborating with the magazines Geo, Actuel and The New York Times.

Alexander Zemlyanichenko

Legendary news photographer, chief photographer for the Associated Press Moscow office, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, World Press Photo winner, photographer of the Kremlin pool. Zemlyanichenko was filmed in Armenia, Afghanistan, the USA and other countries.

Sergey Ponomarev

He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University and worked for a long time in various publications – AiF, Vechernyaya Moskva, Rossiya, Kommersant, Gazeta. From 2003 to 2012, Sergey worked for the largest international agency Associated Press. I visited hotspots and took many pictures that were impossible to look at without shaking.

Ponomarev won the Pulitzer Prize for news photography in 2016.

Sergey Gorshkov

Photographer from Moscow, specializing in wildlife photography in particular. Interest in photography began unexpectedly: going on a hunt, Sergei realized that he could not shoot an animal, but it was quite good to capture it on camera.

Gorshkov spends all his time traveling, several hours watching animals and catching the right angle. He is constantly working with National Geographic magazine.