ARTEM CHERNOV
Born May 3, 1968 in Moscow.
Photographer, cameraman, photo editor, photojournalist.
EDUCATION
Photojournalist's courses at the Union of Journalists of the USSR, 1990.
Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, Department of Optics and Spectroscopy. 1993.
VGIK, cinematography department in 1999.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Author of the book "Three days at the end of the history textbook" based on his own photographs of the events of the coup in August 1991 in Moscow. 2020.
Schrödinger's Cat Magazine, Director of the Photography. 2020.
Media platform LES.MEDIA, co-founder, partner, development director.
The head of his own on-line project Photopolygon.com from 2005 to the present time.
Head of photos and multimedia on-line version of the magazine «Russian Reporter» (www.rusrep.ru) in 2010-2013.
Curator of exhibitions of documentary photography «WE» (2009-2010, shown in Novosibirsk, Moscow, Krasnodar, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok) and «People on the move» (with GTLK, Moscow, 2012).
Photojournalist. «Nezavisimaya Gazeta» from 1998 to 2001 and from 2003 to 2006.
Photojournalist. «Big City», from 2001 to 2003.
Photojournalist. As part of «Kremlin pool» worked at official visits of Russian President Putin to China, Japan, North Korea, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, on regions of Russia, to the summit of G8 (July 2000, Okinawa). Also worked in a war zone in Chechnya and Dagestan in 1999-2005.
Published in «Forbes» (Russia), «National Geographic (Russia)», «Russian Reporter», «Gala», «Izvestia», «Kommersant-Power», «Matador», «Photo & Video» et al., Acquired the agency «AP»,«EPA».
IN CINEMA
Director of photography on the following projects:
- Feature-length film “Regional Center”. Dir. Natalya Nazarova, in chap. role of Samal Yeslyamov. 2019
- Short film "Firefly". Dir. Natalya Nazarova, in chap. role of Maria Smolnikova. year 2014
- Series "Missing". Episodes 1,8,13. Reality World studio for Ren-TV, 2013
- Feature-length film "Rehearsals". 90 minutes, Studio "2D Celluloid", 2013
- Series "Detective Brothers". Studio "RWS", studio "Avatar-film", 2008
- Feature-length film “Couture Dress”, 90 minutes, “Shpil” Film Company, producer M. Ukhanov. Directed by T. Kanaeva. 2007
- Series "Cursed Paradise". Dir. I. Korobeinikov. Studio "Pyramid", episodes 1-24, broadcast on NTV - spring 2007
- Documentary series “Muslims of Russia”, 5 episodes, Dir. V. Kott, 2001
- Short film “Intruder”, 25 min. 2000, VGIK studio. (Prize of the festival "St. Anna" - 2001 for camera work)
PROFESSIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
First prize in the contest «Russian Press Photo 2003»
Second prize in the competition «Russian Press Photo 2001»
Third prize in the Moscow competition «Silver Camera 2004» (Daily Life)
Prize magazine «Photo & Video» 2002
Diploma for the camera work in short film «Attacker» at Film Festival «Saint Anne» in 2001 (Moscow)
IPOTY 2015 Category: ARCHITECTURE: CITYSCAPES (PROFESSIONAL) - HONORABLE MENTION