ABOUT ME
Look, I'm not
an intellectual – I just take pictures
— HELMUT NEWTON
Artist Statement
Photography is usually considered as a way to convey reality but staged photography tells us a different truth. It is the courage to find your point of view on familiar things and to create worlds that momentarily flash with inner magic and tell us their stories.
Photography is a bit like cooking: you take ingredients and mix them - color, characters, props, surroundings - and you get a new world with inner strength and secret life.
For me, this is an opportunity to combine reality and fantasy, to let them be embodied in something new. The shooting process, inspiration from models, generation of ideas - all this gives me the feeling of an endless carnival where everything is possible and there is a place for the strangest days and unexpected decisions.
For general or work inquiries please contact me at:
gsvoow@gmail.com
Education
2018-2019 - British School of Art & Design
2005-2011 - University of Tourism & Service, Graphic Design
SOCIAL
SELECTED FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
Rosphoto Interview Dec 2020
Thecinemaholics Feature Sept 2020
Interview Iconic Artist Mag Sept 2020
Pap Editorial September 2020
Srzly Feature June 2020
Awwwwwards nominee June 2020
Interview Youpic May 2020
Yandex Zen March 2020
Cover in VGXW Magazine March 2020
Cover in Bring Me Mag March 2020
Editorial Publication March 2020
Editorial Lucys Mag January 2020
Photovogue Portfolio
Interview Rosphoto August 2019
Feroce Magazine Cover March 2019
Interview in Fotoblogia August 2018
Art of Portrait Cover July 2018
Yoko Editorial July 2018
Beatriche Magazine Project July 2018
Cabinet L Art April 2017
Interview in Ramona Girl March 2017
Bored Panda Issue November 2016
Interview Refinding Mag September 2016
Interview Grungeandart November 2016
AWARDS
2023 35AWARDS winner
2022 Polytech Grant winner
2022 Stillart Foundation Short List
2022 ND awards 2 place
2022 Fine Art Photography Awards 1st Place
2022 35AWARDS 3 place
2020 Tokyo Foto Awards 2 place
2020 IPA Advertising 1st Place
2020 Prix de la Photographie bronze
2020 Tokyo Foto Awards 2 place
2020 Creative Siena Awards commended
2019 International Color Awards winner
2019 35AWARDS 3 place
2018 35AWARDS 2 place
2018 Chromatic Photography Awards
2018 ND awards winner
EXIBITIONS
2017 Cherno-Beloe Zdes
Zdes na Taganke Gallery, Moscow
2018 Cvetnoe Zdes
Zdes na Taganke Gallery, Moscow
2019 Normalny Kokoshnik
Revolt Center, Moscow
2023 Zabitaya
Chudo contemporary art center, Kursk
2023 In the Language of Rules and Exceptions. Science and Art
Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow