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Ekaterina Solovieva (born 1977) is Russian documentary photographer capturing rural a life in countries of the former Soviet Union and interested in folk holidays, religious customs and life of Tverian Karels.
Biography
[edit]Between 1995 and 2000 Solovieva studied journalism in Moscow State University. In 2006 she left Russia and moved to Germany after her husband.[1] Since 2007 Ekaterina has worked for the Russian and foreign media.[2] She started to take photos in 2008.
Ekaterina first traveled to Kolodozero, a lake town in northwestern Russia, in 2009. There she met an Orthodox priest Father Arkady, a “punk” Moscow seminary graduate.[3] During the first visit Ekaterina used a digital camera to make a report for a church magazine and also shot one roll of film. "On the first roll there was nothing special – houses, people, cows wander in the rain… But there was some special atmosphere that fascinated me and I loved this place forever" told Ekaterina later in interview.[4] That roll became a start of the long-term project about the Kolodozero and Father Arkady.[5]
In 2011 Solovieva's photograph from Kargopol was shortlisted at Sony World Photography Awards 2011 and displayed at the World Photography festival. [6][7]
In 2013 and 2014 took part in From White to Black sea photoexpedition where she shot a photoseries dedicated to the Crimea.[8]
In April 2015 was the first exhibition on the project "The Earth´s circle. Kolodozero", which was still in progress at that time.[9]
In 2017 a photostory from Kaliningrad was published in which Ekaterina tried to capture the remaining German and Prussian character of the city.[10] Being interested in traditional rural life in Russia, Ekaterina took a series of photos about Bee Day folk holiday held in Sandovo, Tver oblast.[11] Also in Tver oblast Solovieva interviews and captures pictures of Tver Karels, studying the history of this people.[12]
In 2017 "The Earth´s circle. Kolodozero" project became a winner of the Photobookfest Dummy Award 2017 and a finalist in of the Fiebre Dummy Award 2017.[13][14] The "The Earth´s circle. Kolodozero" book was published in 2018 with black and white photographs and comments from the author.
Publications
[edit]- ПАЛОМНИКИ (Pilgrimage). Bad Weather Press, Spain, 2014.
- "The Earth´s circle. Kolodozero". Schilt Publishing, Netherlands, 2018.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ Silverman, Rena. "Photographing a 'Punk' Priest in Rural Russia". New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ Osipova, Olga. "Bee Day: How the Russian Province Celebrates Folk Holidays". Bird In Flight. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ Chapman, Melanie. "Ekaterina Solovieva – The Earth's Circle. Kolodozero". PhotoBook Journal.
- ^ "A Cold Wind Blows in Kolodozero: Conversation with Ekaterina Solovieva". In The In-Between. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ "A Cold Wind Blows in Kolodozero: Conversation with Ekaterina Solovieva". In The In-Between. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ "Sony World Photography Awards 2011 Shortlist announced". Sony. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "World in focus: Sony World Photography awards – in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "Ekaterina Solovieva – Black Crimea". Leika Fotografie International. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Ekaterina Solovieva". OURS Magazine. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ Shpilevoy, Sergey. "From Koenigsberg to Kaliningrad". Inrussia. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ Osipova, Olga. "Bee Day: How the Russian Province Celebrates Folk Holidays". Bird In Flight. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ "Tverin Karjala. Immersion in Russia". Vimeo.
- ^ "Photobookfest Dummy Award 2017". Photobookfest. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Fiebre Dummy Award 2017". Fiebrephotobook.
- ^ "The Earth´s Circle. Kolodozero". Picturagallery.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- "Photographing a 'Punk' Priest in Rural Russia". The New York Times, Lens.