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About

Born in 1980 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russia. Graduated from the Vocational School of Mechanics & Optics as a photographer in 2000, then worked for a photo lab of the State Russian Museum where I was mostly doing studio photography. From 2002 to 2004, I studied at the School of Photojournalism in St. Petersburg. In 2005, I joined the newly created Russian agency – Photographer.Ru. from 2007 to 2009 cooperated with austrian Anzenberger agency. At present is a freelance photographer.Worked in Belarus, Ukraine, Central Russia, Caucasus, Urals, Siberia, Central Asia. Participated in a number of exhibition and book projects. Publications include: Colors, Esquire, GQ, YO Dona, Afisha, Bolshoi Gorod, Newsweek (usa, int, jp, rus), Le Monde, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Park Avenue, Expert, Ogoniok, etc

Solo exhibitions

2009- Pure Vision, Centre for Art & Music, V.V.Mayakovsky Public Library, St. Petersburg

Curatorship

2008- Kronstadt: Dreams of Something Bigger / Max Sher, St. Petersburg

Group exhibitions

2009-A New Place to Live, The Courtyard Theatre
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

2008- Young Eastern European Photography, Brick5 Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2006- Decisive moment, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, St. Petersburg

2005- Exhibition dedicated to the opening of Agency.Photographer.Ru, Artplay Gallery, Moscow

2005 – The Couple, Flowers Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg

2005 – State Russian Museum of Photography, Nizhny Novgorod. (Scholarship from Ministry of culture of Russia)

2004 – Museum of Fine Arts, Great Novgorod (Veliky Novgorod Mayors Award at “Golden lens” competition )

2003 – Contemporary St.Petersburg through the Eyes of Photographers, the State Russian Museum (Stroganov Palace) , St. Petersburg

Igor Starkov 's current location:
St.Petersburg , Russia ( LED )

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