MANIFEST

I am an independent photographer. I shoot long-term projects on various topics that concern me. My area of interest is at the intersection of visual arts and socio-cultural phenomena in society.

My main mission is to convey ideas and meanings through visual code in order to expose the nature of phenomena. Photography is a universal language for me, where symbols and metaphors can be used to create new statements. This is why it is important for me to shoot a series of frames, and my language is similar to that of cinema, which I often draw on.

The experience of photography for me is a sensual personal intimate experience of experiencing the moment and personal discoveries. I look at the world through the eyes of a researcher and look for answers to eternal questions. And this experience is not a monologue - it is always a dialogue with the outside world.

I am mostly focused on non-staged documentary and street photography.

BIO

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR (1987) and now I live and work in Russia.

1991 - as refugees, the whole family moved to Russia, Volgograd

2014 - graduated with a master's degree from the Architectural Institute and started working as an architect.

2016 - became interested in photography.

2021 - moved from Moscow to St. Petersburg and started studying with the reportage photographer Sergey Maksimishin. I also completed my first long-term photo project about the museums of St. Petersburg.

2025 - I ended my career in architecture and devoted myself entirely to photography.