People nominee

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine more than 400 thousand refugees have entered neighboring Moldova. More than 70 thousand of them are minors.
The current portrait is taken from the series "Lost Light" characters of this which are children - refugees. All of them live in a temporary accommodation center in Chisinau, Moldexpo. This is a former exhibition complex, and later a covid hospital. Children are forced to huddle in small boxes without doors or ceilings. These boys and girls miss their relatives, friends who stayed in Ukraine, pets, toys, favorite parks and streets.
Within the framework of the story, with the help of a projector, I overlay photographs from the happy, pre-war past of these children onto their figures and current living conditions thus showing the consequences of this terrible war.

Elmira is 16 years old, she came from Odessa together with her mother, frightened by the prospects to die during bombings. It was difficult to get to Chisinau - they had to stand in a traffic jam for two days.
The photograph projected onto the girl shows a field of sunflowers where she spent time with her friends in the summer.

Born in Leningrad, Russia in 1985.
I am a freelance documentary photographer working on a regular basis with National Geographic Russia, VICE UK/USA, lenta.ru, Takie Dela, Bird in Flight, Open Russia, Meduza, Vokrug Sveta magazines, RIA novosti, Kommersant photos and Getty Images agencies as a stringer.
In 2014 I graduated from U.A.Galperin School of Photojournalism of Saint-Petersburg with Golden Mark - award for the best diploma project which was dedicated to the revolution in Kiev.
In 2014-15 I spent 10 months in Nepal cooperating with different non-governmental structures and organizations such as Red Cross Nepal, Nepal Leprosy Trust whilst executing projects covering human rights issues in the country - children with HIV, discrimination of leprosy affected people, human trafficking.
I am the awardee of the number of international contests such as: winner of Istanbul Photo Awards 2018 in Daily Life Story category; winner of Debuts 2018 photocontest organized by Doc! Photomagazine; grand prix at Non-accidental Witness photocontest 2016; finalist of Hellerau Portraits Awards 2016, 2017; honorable mentions at Photography Grant 2016, 2017; winner of Luis Valtuena Humanitarian Photography Award 2016 granted by Doctors of the World.