The First Russian Museum Photobiennale
Dear guests of our site!
“The First Museum Photobiennale” project is finished.
400 photographers from more than 80 cities of the Russian Federation had taken participation in the competition.
The final exhibition of “The First Museum Photobiennale” took part from November, 26 2009 to February, 16 2010 in the Marble Palace (5/1 Millionnaya str.) and included about 600 photos.
All the photos chosen for the participation in Photobiennale were accepted for the collection of the Russian Museum. A proper notification would be sent by post mail for each of the photographers.
The members of the Photobiennale jury:
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Pavel Horoshilov, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
- Evgenya Petrova, The State Russian Museum
- Joseph Kiblitsky, The State Russian Museum
- Alexander Borovsky, The State Russian Museum
- Zahar Kolovsky, ROSPHOTO
- Alexey Loginov, RSUH (Russian State University for the Humanities)
- Tamaz Manasherov, UNIDENT
Results of the competition:
3 prize-winners of “The First Museum Photobiennale” were appointed according to the jury’s decision:
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Andrey Shapran (Novosibirsk)
- Oleg Kaplin (Moscow)
- Tatiana Zubkova (Krasnodar)
The Russian Museum had instituted the special prize for the “People’s Choice Award” nomination on the grounds of the direct and electronic voting of visitors.
The following photographers were declared the best on the results of direct voting of visitors:
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Alexander Krasotkin (Moscow)
- Arseny Semyonov (Pskov)
- Gennady Ivanov (Irkutsk)
- Dmitri Sanin (Moscow)
- Marina Danilova (Moscow)
- Natalya Ulyanova (St. Petersburg)
- Stanislav Kogan (St. Petersburg)
The visitors of the site had voted for the following photographers:
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Anastasia Fadeeva (St. Petersburg)
- Dmitri Kaminsky (St. Petersburg)
- Igor Pyatinin (Magnitogorsk)
- Konstantin Zilberburg (St. Petersburg)
We would like to thank all the participants who sent their photos on the competition, the first in the Russian Museum’s practice. We are hoping for the further fruitful collaboration and waiting for your photos for the following Photobiennales.
Russian Museum thanks for the viewers who were not indifferent to this project.
Special prizes from partners of the Photobiennale
UNIDENT Company and U-Art Cultural Charitable Foundation will handle the best (from their point of view) photographer Rustam Muhametzyanov (Kazan) the “U-ART: You and art” prize (sculptor Pata).
The “Izvestya” newspaper commended photographers
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Alexander Petrosyan (St.Petersburg) and Andrei Shapran (Novosibirsk)
- “Yarkiy Mir” company rewards the following photographers
- Alexander Petrosyan – “For the Love to St. Petersburg and People of this City”
- Elena Mulina – “For the continuity of traditions of Russian art in the modern photography”
- Pavel Kuznetzov – “For the Portrait”
- Mikhail Chul’ – “For the Light of St.Petersburg”
- Svetlana Shmakova – “For the Landscape”
Contact Phone +7 (812) 570 54 76, photobiennale@rusmuseum.ru
From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week-days
