Valery Petrovich Schekoldin (born November 15, 1946 , in the city of Gorky ) is a Soviet, Russian photographer , photojournalist .
| Valery Petrovich Schekoldin | |
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| Date of Birth | 1946 |
| Place of Birth | Bitter |
| Citizenship |  the USSR  Russia |
| Occupation | photographer |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Author's network book by Valery Schekoldin
- 3 Personal exhibitions
- 4 works are in collections
- 5 Publications in books
- 6 Awards and prizes
- 7 References
Biography
Born in 1946 in the city of Gorky.
Since 1950, lives in Ulyanovsk.
He graduated from the Ulyanovsk Automotive College in 1964.
From 1965 to 1972 he worked as a designer at the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant .
In 1972 he graduated from the Ulyanovsk Polytechnic Institute .
1972-1973 - service in the Soviet army.
He began taking photographs from the age of 16.
Since 1974 he has been professionally engaged in photography.
He worked as a photographer in a museum, at a factory, in an art fund, and is published in newspapers and magazines.
Participates in various All-Union, All-Russian and international exhibitions.
Since 1992 - Member of the Union of Photographers of Russia .
Since 1995 he lived in Moscow. Currently, for economic reasons, he moved to a small village near Moscow.
Filmed in Russia and the former Soviet Union, in Chechnya and other hot spots. The characters of V. Schekoldin’s photographs are old people, children from orphanages, teenagers from correctional colonies and prisons, residents of nursing homes.
He writes texts about photography and photographers on the site " Photographer.Ru ": "publications by Valery Schekoldin . "
He is a member of the Liberty.SU project (Documentary Photography Network)
Author's network book by Valery Schekoldin
• “We had a great era”, Moscow 2014 [1]
Personal exhibitions
- 1987 “Moment of Truth”, Regional Art Fund of Ulyanovsk.
- 1991 “The Confidential Man”, Photocenter, Moscow.
- 1994 “In the word Victory is the root of trouble”, Photocenter, Moscow.
- 1995 "Russia 1990-1995", the city of Naarden, Holland. one
- 1997 "Photographs", Moscow, Russian Field Gallery.
- 1998 Ulyanovsk, Moscow, New Manege (as part of the Photobiennale-98).
- 2010 “Valery Schekoldin. The reverse perspective ”, Zurab Tsereteli’s Art Gallery (as part of the Moscow International Festival“ Photobiennale 2010 ”) [2]
Works are in collections
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York [3]
- Moscow House of Photography .
Book Publications
- 1988 “TOISINNAKIJAT” (“Otherwise”), Sn-Kirjat, Helsinki
- 1989 "Contemporary Soviet Photography", Italy.
- 1990 "Photo-89", an almanac, Russia.
- 1993 "Soviet Photography 1940-1991", Spain.
- 1994 B. Moynahan. “The Russian Century. A Photographic History of 100 years. " New York, Random House.
- 1995 “Surface Tension”, Russia.
- 1995 “ World press photo is a critical mirror”, Holland.
- 2012 Evgeny Berezner , Irina Chmyreva, Natalia Tarasova and Wendy Watriss . Contemporary Russian Photography, FotoFest 2012 Biennial Houston.
- 2017 "Red Horizon - Contemporary Art and Photography in the USSR and Russia, 1960 - 2010". The Columbus Museum of Art, USA
- 2017 “SUBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE. A Century of Social Photography ”, Munich, Hirmer
- 2017 Olga Sviblova . RUSSIA. XX CENTURY IN PHOTOS: 1965-1985. MDF / MAMM
Awards and Prizes
- 1997 “Best Photographer of the Year in Russia” - prize of the magazine “Paris Match” (France).
- 1996 "The Best Photo Series of the Year" - at the Press Photo contest of Russia at the InterPhoto -96 festival
- 1998 "Photographer of the Year" - German photo editor club,
- 1998 1st place, in the Daily Life section, photo series - at the Press Photo of Russia contest at the InterPhoto -97 festival
- 1999 "Best Photo of the Year" - at the Press Photo contest of Russia
- “Award for a Humanist Attitude in Photography” - Institute for Humanitarian Studies, Frankfurt, Germany,
- “The Best Photo Series in the Magazine” - German Photo Editor Club