Aleksey Myakishev Documentary Photography
Born in Kirov (Vyatka) in 1971. Professional photojournalist since 1991. In 1999, he moved to Moscow and became a freelance photographer. He contributed to multiple periodicals, including Newsweek and Kommersant The Businessman (Russia), Helsingin Sanomat, APU, Talouselama (Finland), etc. In 1996 and 1997, he gained scholarship of the Russian Ministry of Culture. In 1998 and 2001, Myakishev won prizes of the InterFoto Festival of Documentary Photography (Moscow) for his series about pilgrims and North Urals. He has held about 20 personal exhibitions, inter alia, in the University of Oldenburg, 2000, Germany; Bibliotheque Municipale DAuxerre, 2008, and Maison du Pays Coulangeois in Coulanges la Vineuse, 2010, France; Gallery of Classic Photography, 2014, Moscow; as well as in other venues in Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, etc. In 2011, his personal exhibition took place within the project Zerkalo by Zakari Gilbert in Quebec, Canada. He participated in a number of group exhibitions in UK,
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