Irina Popova

Now living in Moscow
Education – Tver State University, Journalizm faculty
Documentary photographer since 2004
Since 2006 – a member of Union of Russian Photographers
Three gold medals of Delphic Games on Arts (nomination «Photography»)
Twice participant of festival «Young photographers of Russia» – Nizhniy Novgorod (2006, 2007)
A second prize of Volga Biennale for project «Derbezhki. A village on the end of World»
2007 – participance in the photo&cinema festival «Open Eyes» against racizm and xenophobia
2007 – a student of summer photoschool «Photography in a Magazine», tutor – Sergey Maximishin. Final projects – story «Underground» and «Children of Ghetto»
2008 – participance in educational seminaire «Objective reality»
2008, august – a documentary exploration of Caucasus region, august 8-18 – work in Georgia war for «Russian Reporter» magazine
since 2008, september – a student of Photography&Multimedia School of Rodchenko, tutors – Oleg Klimov and Irina Meglinskaya
now – work for «Ogoniok» magazine
Place of work:freelance
Profession: photographer and writer
Specialization: journalism
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