Viktor Arkadievich Zagumyonnov ( October 19, 1952 , the village of Fedorovka in the Samara Region ) is a Soviet and Russian photojournalist. Member of the Union of Journalists of the USSR since 1981. Member of the Union of Photographers of Russia [1] since 2006. Twice winner of the World Press Photo Prize (1980 [2] , 1982 [3] ). Author and compiler of illustrations for the encyclopedia “The Arctic is my home” [4] . Member of more than 100 exhibitions in Russia and abroad [5] .
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Biography
Born on October 19, 1952 in the village of Fedorovka, Stavropol District, Kuibyshev Region (currently Samara Region ). He studied at school number 1 in Severomorsk . Consisted in the Komsomol since 1966. He served in the Northern Fleet reconnaissance aircraft, specializing in a darkroom technician, and a photogrammetric decoder (1970-1972). From 1972 to 1978 he studied at Moscow State University. Lomonosov , specializing in photojournalism .
From 1978 to 1981, he was a photojournalist for the Novosti Press Agency [6] . From 1981 to 1983 - lecturer in the faculty of photo-video art of the Correspondence People’s University of Arts . Photojournalist of the magazine "Soviet Museum" (1983-1984). From 1984 to 1991 - photojournalist of the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries [7] . Photojournalist of the journal Northern Expanse (1991-1993), the weekly Border of Russia (1994-1995), and the newspaper Russian Taster (2000-2007).
Leading specialist of the press center of the State Committee of the Russian Federation (1993-1994), Head of the illustration department of the publishing house "Roads" (1996-2000), Deputy Editor-in-chief of the journal "Real Economy" (2007).
Rewards
- 1979 - 3rd prize of the contest "Photo of the Year" -79 of the magazine Soviet Photo [8] [9] .
- 1980 - Second World Press Photo Prize [2] .
- 1982 - Third Prize of World Press Photo [3] .
- 1982 - Gold medal of the photo studio "Golden" Denmark.
- 1982 - Gold medal at the Witkowice photo studio. Czechoslovakia.
- 1982 - Silver medal of the All-Union competition "USSR-60". Estonia.
- 1982 - Bronze medal and honorary diploma of the photo contest "UZVARA". Latvia.
- 1983 - 1st prize and honorary diploma of the photo contest "Star of the Sailor". Murmansk.
- 1983 - Medal of the participant of the REUS photo salon. Spain.
- 2006 - Laureate of the contest "Russian Post: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" [10] .
- 2009 - Award "Best Photographer 2009" [11] .
- 2011 - 2nd and 3rd Prizes of the Moscow and Muscovites photo contest.
Exhibitions
- 1981 - Editorial board of the magazine "Soviet Photo" (Moscow).
- 1983 - The Peoples of the North. Palace of Culture of Sailors (Klaipeda, Lithuania).
- 1984 - Palace of Culture of textile workers (Tiraspol, Moldova).
- 1985 - The exhibition "Peoples of the North", dedicated to the 1st congress of the indigenous and small peoples of the North and Siberia. Column Hall of the House of Unions (Moscow).
- 1985 - Exhibition - creative report. Directorate of international photo exhibitions SSOD (Moscow).
- 1986 - “Country and People” (Tunisia).
- 1986 - “Country and People” (Tangier, Rabat, Morocco).
- 1988 - “Favorites”. Youth Cultural Center (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia).
- 1990 - “Northern civilization on the border of the millennia”, “Peoples of the North” (Moscow).
- 1991 - “My North”. Personal exposure. Spring exhibition of Italian Switzerland "Primexpo" (Lugano, Switzerland).
- 1991 - “Gold of Adygea”. Museum of Archeology (Locarno, Switzerland).
- 1991 - Personal exhibition (Lugano, Switzerland).
- 1991 - Exhibition at the House of Friendship for the 750th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation.
- 1992 - “Peoples of the North”. International Arctic Center. (Rovaniemi, Finland).
- 1994 - The Favorites. Central House of Journalists (Moscow).
- 1997 - “Roads of Russia”. Exhibition dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the road service. Federal Highway Service of Russia (Moscow).
- 1999 - Exhibition dedicated to the anniversary of the magazine "Northern Expanse". Central House of Journalists (Moscow).
- 2000 - “Peoples of the North at the border of the millennia”. Museum of the Revolution (Museum of Modern History) (Moscow).
- 2000 - “The Arctic is my home” (Enemonzo, Italy).
- 2001 - “The Arctic is my home” (Gemona, Italy).
- 2004 - “My home is the Arctic. Selected photographs of the northern collection. " Media center of the newspaper "Izvestia".
- 2007 - “From the album of the photographer”. Glavarchive (Moscow).
- 2012 - “The Horizons of Victor Zagumenov”. Photocenter of the Union of Journalists (Moscow) [12] .
- 2012 - "Country and People." Izmailovo Gallery (Moscow).
- 2013 - “Siberia through the eyes of Russian photographers” [13] . Katzen Arts Center, Washington.
- 2016 - Personal photo exhibition "Yamal 70-X" [14] . Salekhard.
- 2019 - Personal exhibition "Country and People". Moscow, Turgenev library reading room. The project of the Moscow Encyclopedia Foundation.
Notes
- ↑ UNION OF PHOTO ARTISTS OF RUSSIA - Victor Zagumenov .
- ↑ 1 2 1980 Victor Zagumyonnov GN2 - World Press Photo .
- ↑ 1 2 1982 Victor Zagumyonnov DLS3-BE - World Press Photo .
- ↑ Golubchikova V.D., Konstantinov G.E. The Arctic is my home. The peoples of the North of the Earth. Polar encyclopedia of a schoolboy. - M .: State Unitary Enterprise "Northern open spaces", 1999. - 288 p. - ISBN 5-87098-039-9 .
- ↑ The legendary Viktor Zagumyonnov talked with future photographers - Institute IGUMO and IT .
- ↑ Photocenter Association of the Union of Journalists. Horizons of Victor Zagumenov .
- ↑ Almanac "Photo-89" .
- ↑ "Soviet Photo" number 1, 1980 .
- ↑ Soviet Photo Magazine 1980 No. 1 .
- ↑ Russian Post awarded the winners of contests .
- ↑ “Best Photographer of 2009”: photographs of the winners .
- ↑ Galina Ergaeva. Nashensky land .
- ↑ Siberia through the eyes of Russian photographers. An exhibition opened in Washington and a book came out. .
- ↑ Exhibition “Yamal of the 70s” by Viktor Zagumyonnov in Salekhard .
Literature
- In the workshop of a photojournalist. Digest of articles. Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, 2011
- Leah Bendavid-Val. Siberia: in the eyes of Russian photographers. - Munich; New York: Prestel Publishing, 2013 .-- 240 p. - ISBN 978-3-7913-4760-8 .
- Golubchikova V.D., Konstantinov G.E. The Arctic is my home. The peoples of the North of the Earth. Polar encyclopedia of a schoolboy. - M .: State Unitary Enterprise "Northern open spaces", 1999. - 288 p. - ISBN 5-87098-039-9 .