Georgy Pinkhasov (in another spelling, Garik Pinkhasov , Eng. Gueorgui Pinkhassov ); 1952 , Moscow - photographer , laureate of international awards, member of the Magnum photo agency Photo .
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| Date of Birth | 1952 |
| Place of Birth | Moscow , USSR |
| Citizenship |  the USSR  France |
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Biography
Born in 1952 in Moscow.
The interest of George Pinkhasov in photography began back in school.
After leaving school, G. Pinkhasov enters VGIK (Moscow Institute of Cinematography), and also works as a photographer at the Mosfilm film studio and then as an independent photographer.
In 1978, Georgy Pinkhasov joined the Moscow Union of Graphic Artists (photography section) and received the status of an independent artist. In the halls on Malaya Gruzinskaya, Garik Pinkhasov shows his first creative work - portraits and still lifes made using the sepia technique (“Melon”, “Glass with Tea” and many others).
His photographs were spotted by prominent Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky , who invited Georgy Pinkhasov to report on his film Stalker (1979).
In 1985, G. Pinkhasov married a Frenchwoman and moved to Paris.
In 1988, introducing the Tbilisi Baths series of color photographs , he joined an associate member of the photographers of the Magnum Photo Agency, founded by the legendary Henri Cartier-Bresson . Since 1990, a full member of the agency.
He works regularly for the international press, especially for Geo, Actuel and the New York Times. His book Sightwalk explores individual details through reflection or specific forms of light, often approaching abstraction.
Rewards
- 1995 Bourse de la Ville de Paris
- 1993 World Press Photo (artistic category award)
- 1993 Society of News Design Award of Excellence, USA
Personal exhibitions
- 2009 “With Love About Baku”, Central Exhibition Hall “Manege” Moscow
- 2009 NORDMEER, in camera galerie, Paris, France
- 2008 “As if Light”, As part of the “Photobiennale 2008”, Winery, Moscow [1]
- 2007 L'Image d'Après, Cinémathèque Française, Paris, France
- 1988 Center of Photography, Geneva, Switzerland
- 1988 Asie Centrale - Galerie Picto, Paris, France
- 1987 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
- 1979 Maison des Hommes de Lettres, Moscow, Russia
- 1979 Tour Kiek in de Kök, Tallinn, Estonia
Books by George Pinkhasov
G. Pinhasov's works are presented in books.
- Taneli Escola & Hannu Eerikainen “Toisinnakijat” (Alien) Helsinki, 1988
- Die zeitgenossische Photographie in der Sowjetunion Edition Stemmle, 1988
- "TOKIO TODAY", Japan, 1996
Literature
- Vartanov A. "Pinchasov George. Nuance, intonation, style ... ", the magazine" Soviet Photo ", 1981 № 10
- Julia Idlis “7 Questions for George Pinhasov,” Russian Reporter Magazine, November 23, November 8, 2007 [4]
- Georgy Pinkhasov “The passion of knowledge is more important than talent”, Photodelo magazine, 2008 No. 10 [5]
- Maxim Masaltsev “SECRET ROOM GEORGE PINKHASOV”, DE I / DESILLISIONIST magazine No. 15 [6]
- Natalya Udartseva “GEORGE PINKHASOV - THE CASTER OF LIGHT”, magazine “Spark” № 52 2008 [7]