Experts

Albert is a photographer, winner of the Best of Russia photo contest, he is a general optician, lecturer of further education courses on practical astronomy. He also creates hand-made instruments for space observation. He is into astrophotography, holds astronomic events like lectures, master classes, mass public telescope viewings. On multiple occasions Albert has been invited to participate in TV programs, he wrote a number of articles on astronomy for Russian and international mass media.

Natalia is an active photographer, videographer, and photo blogger. She works in mass media as a photo editor, organizes and creates photo exhibitions. She has loved space and astronomy since her early childhood. Her diploma is in optic engineering. She personally produced several telescopes. Natalia organizes and heads astronomic expeditions, lectures and master classes as well as public telescope viewing events. She has taken part in multiple expeditions to observe rare astronomic phenomena: eclipses, occultations, meteorite showers. She is the winner of Best of Russia, ECO PHOTO. Natalia delivers lectures on the basics of photography, assembles 3D panoramas, besides she is a photographer, and a professional retouch designer.

Visual artist, photographer, NFT enthusiast, photo projects producer, founder and leader of Photographer.ru (1999) resource, head of Portfolio.Photographer.ru project. He was born on 13 January 1959 in Perm and became a professional photographer in 1978. In 1986 he moved to Moscow, where he did photographer work for Mosfilm, “School of Drama Art” theatre, “Theatre Life” magazine, Stas Namin Centre, and at the same time carried out his personal photo projects. At the end of 1980-ies he moved on to the international art scene with his personal exhibition “Adam’s Head” at the festival Les Rencontres d'Arles (Arles, France). He has participated in more than 50 personal and group exhibitions in Russia and abroad. His works make part of photography collections of photographic and modern art museums of Moscow, Perm, Paris, Santa-Fe, Lausanne, Chicago, Austin etc.

Родился в 1961 году в Москве. Окончил Военный институт иностранных языков в 1987 году, в течение шести лет служил офицером в Анголе. В начале 1990-х годов работал фиксером и стрингером с Энтони Сво, Кристофером Моррисом, Стэнли Грином и другими известными международными фотожурналистами, создавая фотоистории для крупных международных изданий о событиях на бывших территориях СССР (в том числе о конфликтах в Нагорном Карабахе, Чечне, Приднестровье, Абхазии и Таджикистане). С 1995 до 2007 года работал фоторедактором журнала «Time» и с 2007 года до 2015 — директором фотографии в журнале «Русский репортер», затем до 2022 года визуальным директором на информационном портале «Такие дела». С 2023 по настоящее время - фоторедактор Объединения «Поле».
Член жюри различных национальных и международных фотоконкурсов: World Press Photo, Perpignan Visa d’Or, Press Photo Finland, Photo Istanbul, Интерфото в России, Encontros da Imagem (Portugal), Estação Imagem (Portugal), Pignyao Photo Contest (China) и др. Член независимой отборочной комиссии для Joop Swart Masterclass и 6X6 World Press Foundation, Visa Pour L’Image и образовательной программы World Press Photo по Ближнему Востоку и Северной Африке (MENA). Номинатор Prince Claus Grant, Leica Oscar Barnack Grant, W.Eugene Smith Grant, Daniel Tamagni Grant, RPS Grant, FotoEvidence Grant, PDN’ 30, BJP’s “Ones to Watch”. Ревьюер на международном портфолио-ревю Fotofest, лектор и ревьюер международного фестиваля Bursa Photo Festival (Турция), Antalya Photo Festival (Турция), Cortona on the Move (Италия), Photolux Festival (Италия), Backlight Photo Festival (Финляндия), Baie de Saint Brieuc Festival Photoreporter (Франция), Vilnius Photo Circle (Литва). С 2001 года провел многочисленные семинары по фотожурналистике как в России, так и во всем мире.

Documentary photographer, uses street photography style, member of the Photo Artist Association of Russia, serves as deputy chairmen of the Moscow branch of that society. He is a prize winner at Russian and international contests, finalist of Brussels and London street photography festivals, lecturer on photography, participant of multiple modern art exhibitions.

Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, associate professor of MAI, HSE and RUT MIIT teaches courses on “Artificial Intelligence” and “Functional and Logical Programming”. For 16 years he worked as a senior expert on AI and automated learning in Microsoft, currently holds the positions of technical head of the Laboratory of Generative AI of HSE Design School and consultant of Yandex Cloud. Dmitry is interested in technological art. His works in the area of Science Art were displayed in Krasnokholmskaya Gallery at the Non-Fiction Exhibition, in Electronic Museum, and in the Museum of Russian Impressionism.

Documentary photographer, gives courses in Rodchenko School, and HSE Design School. The exhibitions of his photographs are successfully held worldwide, his works form part of the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow Museum, Schusev Museum of Architecture, and the State Museum and Exhibition Centre ROSPHOTO (St. Petersburg), Museum of Modern Art (New-York), European House of Photography (Paris), National Foundation of Modern Art (Paris) and others.

Art expert, photography historian, author of multiple training courses and articles, member of the Art Expert Association and the Association of Photo-artists of Russia. Lecturer of the Modern Art School “Free Workshops” of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, School of Modern Photography “Docdocdoc”, School of Modern Photography PHOTOPLAY, School of Photography Fine Art, formerly a lecturer in VGIK, and the School of Visual Arts. Participates in the educational programmes of the Pushkin Museum, Lumière Brothers Centre for Photography, German Goethe Cultural Centre etc. Member of the admission board of the Union of Photo-artists of Russia and juror of multiple photo contests.

Photographer specializing in architecture and interior photography, author of photo illustrations to over 110 books on Russian and international architecture. She is a member of the Photo Artist Association of Russia, participated in numerous group and personal exhibitions, award winner of various professional competitions. Margarita is the official photographer of several hotel chains such as “Mariott Moscow”, “Hilton”, “Holiday Inn” etc. For many years she has co-operated with construction and restauration companies like “Honka Russia”, “Pallada”, “Baltic Ceramics”. She still shoots her artistic projects on slides or black and white film.

DJS, professor. Rector of IGUMO and MKIK, head of information agency “About People”, practicing lawyer specializing on arbitration. Honoured graduate of the Moscow Law Academy (1987), passed her candidate thesis in the Institute of Economics of the Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Science (2003), received doctor degree in the Russian Government Service Academy of the RF President (2007). Currently Marina Volynkina is one of the leading experts on copyright law in Russia, acts as expert at the annual IP Forum. Her sphere of professional interests includes copyright law, entrepreneurial law, artificial intelligence law. She is the author of over 100 publications, including several monographs and learning manuals.

RF State Councilor of the 1 st grade, public activist, expert on issues of families and children, board member of All-Russia Public Organization “Association of Social Educators and Social Workers”, ambassador of the International Festival Inclusive Dance, candidate of historical sciences.

Modern Russian artist-photographer, dean of the photography faculty of IGUMO and MKIK. Honoured member of the Photo-artist Association of Russia. He specializes in post-conceptual still life photography, co-operates with art galleries in Moscow, USA and Europe. He has participated in multiple personal and group exhibitions. He is the author of the monographs: «Vadim Gushin. Still Life» (Moscow, 2008), «Everyday Objects/Cultural Treasure» (Amsterdam, 2013). His photographs are part of many museum and private collections in Russia, USA and Europe.