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Dmitry Markov (photographer)

For Belarusian-Australian pole vaulter, see Dmitry Markov.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexandrovich and the family name is Markov.

Dmitry Alexandrovich Markov (Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Марков; 23 April 1982 – 15 February 2024) was a Russian journalist and photographer.[1] Gained fame by creating genre shots of "provincial Russia" on a regular smartphone camera and publishing them on his Instagram account.[2]

Dmitry Markov
Дмитрий Марков
Born(1982-04-23)23 April 1982
Pushkino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died15 February 2024(2024-02-15) (aged 41)
Pskov, Russia
Occupation(s)Journalist, photographer
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Career

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Dmitry Markov was born on 23 April 1982, in Pushkino. He moved to Pskov as a child. He went to engineering college. During this period, Markov acquired his first camera. According to himself, he studied photography with Alexander Lapin.[3][4]

In 2005, Markov was invited to photograph at an orphanage, and as a result of this trip, he became interested in volunteering. This passion led to a move from the Moscow region to Porkhov.[5] At the time, Markov was a drug addict. Since 2007, having overcome his addiction, Dmitry started working in the Pskov public organization "Rostok" with orphans from correctional orphanages and worked there until 2012, as well as a tutor in the children's village "Fedkovo".[4][6] With employees of charitable foundations, he toured dozens of social institutions, ranging from orphanages to colonies. At the same time, he photographed the life of teenagers and described it on his blog.[2][7]

Until 2007, he worked as a photographer and journalist for the newspaper Argumenty i Fakty. Markov also worked as a photojournalist for Takie Dela and Meduza.[4][8]

In 2013, he participated in David Alan Harvey's Burn Diary project, adopting the concept for his Instagram - to shoot only on his cell phone and post only what he photographed today.[5][9]

In 2015, Markov received a grant from Getty Images and Instagram for his documentary photography. In 2016, he became the first Russian participant and one of 15 photographers from 15 countries who participated in the iPhone 7 advertising campaign "Apple's Taken on the iPhone".[10][11]

In 2017, Markov's first book, #Chernovik, was published by Treemedia.[12] On the occasion of the book's release in February 2018, Moscow's Fotodoc Center for Documentary Photography hosted Markov's solo exhibition "Russia. #Chernovik."[13]

In 2018, a solo exhibition of Markov's work was held under the patronage of French fashion designer agnès b. as part of the international photography exhibition Paris Photo 2018, held in Paris from November 8-11.[14]

In 2018, he also took part in the exhibition "HOPE" in France, organized by the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation.[10]

In 2019, Markov's works were again presented by agnès b. at the Paris Photo 2019 exhibition as part of a joint exhibition with Claudine Doury and Ched Mur.[10][15][16]

In 2019, a solo exhibition of Markov's "#Draft #Russia" took place at the VisionQuesT art gallery in Genoa.[17] In the same year, the second book by Markov "CUT OFF" was released by the French publisher IIKKI Books.[18] From April 6 to June 4, 2019, Markov's solo exhibition took place at the agnès b. gallery boutique in New York.[19][20] In October 2019, Markov starred in Kirill Serebrennikov's film Petrov's Flu.[21][22]

From late 2020 to April 2021, he was co-host of the new project "Anti-Travel" on the YouTube channel Редакция [ru]. The project is dedicated to traveling to different places in Russia, "where ordinary people do not go for their money".[23]

April 23, 2021 in the Gogol Center opened a solo exhibition of the photographer "Russia squared". The exhibition was accompanied by the presentation of the latest edition of his photo book "#Chernovik".[24][25]

Markov's work chronicled everyday life in various regions of Russia. Meduza compared his photographs to unofficial Soviet photographs, which showed life without regard for ideological objectives. The composition of his photographs often resembled a theatrical mise-en-scène. He often focused on the contrast between the official and the private, the artificial and the natural, the planned and the accidental. Markov preferred using a smartphone to take pictures and mainly posted them to Instagram. He published three books of his photography. His work was shown around the world, with exhibitions in Moscow, Paris and New York City.[4][6]

Protesting and 2021 arrest

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Markov began participating in street protests in 2012. On 2 February 2021, he was detained near the Moscow City Court, where he came to support Alexei Navalny. The photographer was taken to the Kosino-Ukhtomsky police station, where he took a picture of a security officer wearing a bulletproof vest and a balaclava, sitting under a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This photo went viral on social media and became a source of memes.[4][26] A few days later, the only signed author's print of the photograph was sold at a charity auction on Facebook for 2 million rubles. Markov promised to divide the amount between OVD-Info and the Apology of Protest, two organizations engaged in helping detainees at political rallies.[27]

Death

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Markov died in Pskov on 16 February 2024, coincidentally on the same day as Navalny. He was 41.[4][28] The body was found on February 16. The date of death is reported in the media as February 16, the date of February 15 is given on the grave. Buried at the Novo-Derevenskoye cemetery [ru] in Pushkino near Moscow.[29]

Criticism

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Critics often accused Markov of denigrating Russian reality and showing unsightly pictures of provincial life.[9] However, Markov explained that he focuses on the unpleasant details because he knows and feels the needs of not-so-wealthy people very well. Among the heroes of his photos are disabled people, orphans, prisoners, military men and just inhabitants of the Russian countryside. Europeans call Markov's photographs illustrations of Russian classics.[2]

Some critics have compared the style of Markov's photographs to Renaissance paintings and Alexander Deineka's paintings.[30]

Awards

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Legacy and remembrance

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In 2024, a rehabilitation center for drug-dependent teenagers named after Dmitry Markov was established in Nizhny Novgorod.[35][36]

Artist Dmitry Vrubel has created a virtual museum, one of whose departments bears Markov's name.[2]

Bibliography

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  • Markov, Dmitry (2018). ЧЕРНОВИК – Издательство Treemedia (in Russian). Treemedia. p. 204. ISBN 978-952-68506-6-5. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  • Markov, Dmitry (2019). Cut off. Plouer-sur-Rance: Iikki. p. 96. ISBN 978-2955795378. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  • Markov, Dmitry (1 January 2021). Russia² (in Russian). TREEMEDIA CONT. ISBN 978-952-69467-6-4. Retrieved 17 April 2024.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "В 'Гоголь-центре' открылась выставка фотографа Дмитрия Маркова 'Россия в квадрате'". www.pravilamag.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Семенов, Алексей. "Российская глубинка в объективе смартфона. О псковском фотографе, покорившем Европу и США - ТАСС". TACC. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Нефотогеничные вопросы: Социальный инстаблогер Дмитрий Марков в Иркутске". The Village (in Russian). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Photographer Dmitry Markov has died: Markov's work sought to show a Russian identity and patriotism separate from that of the authorities". Meduza.
  5. ^ a b Михайлюк, Виталий. "Как волонтер, снимающий социалку в инстаграм, попал в рекламу Apple". Афиша (in Russian). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Russian Photographer Dmitry Markov Dies at 42 [sic]". The Moscow Times. 16 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Дмитрий Марков, Author at Такие дела". Такие дела (in Russian). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Streetkid visions: Russia's Instagram star". The Guardian. May 2019.
  9. ^ a b "«Мне иногда говорят, что я очерняю действительность»: Дмитрий Марков о своем Instagram-аккаунте". FURFUR. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "Dmitry Markov – VisionQuest 4rosso". www.visionquest.it. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Нефотогеничные вопросы: Социальный инстаблогер Дмитрий Марков в Иркутске". The Village (in Russian). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Издана книга известного псковского фотографа Дмитрия Маркова". ПАИ Новости Псковской области (in Russian). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Россия.#Черновик. 9 снимков Дмитрия Маркова — одного из лучших современных фотографов — с завтрашней выставки". Новая газета (in Russian). 13 July 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Персональная выставка псковского фотографа Дмитрия Маркова состоялась в рамках Paris Photo 2018". ПАИ Новости Псковской области (in Russian). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Paris Photo 2019". La Fab. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Paris Photo 2019 : Dmitry Markov / galerie du jour agnès b." The Eye of Photography Magazine. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  17. ^ "В итальянской Генуе открывается выставка псковского фотографа Дмитрия Маркова". ПАИ Новости Псковской области (in Russian). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  18. ^ "12 марта во Франции выйдет новая книга псковского фотографа Дмитрия Маркова". ПАИ Новости Псковской области (in Russian). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  19. ^ Pierini, David (11 April 2019). "Do not call Dmitry Markov's iPhone photos 'seamy'". Cult of Mac. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Выставка фотографий Дмитрия Маркова откроется 6 апреля в Нью-Йорке". ПАИ Новости Псковской области (in Russian). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Псковский фотограф Дмитрий Марков участвует в новом YouTube-шоу". Псковская правда. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Псковский фотограф снимется в новом фильме Кирилла Серебренникова «Петровы в гриппе»". ПАИ Новости Псковской области (in Russian). Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Псковский фотограф стал участником нового проекта журналиста Алексея Пивоварова". МК в Пскове. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  24. ^ "В «Гоголь-центре» открылась выставка фотографа Дмитрия Маркова «Россия в квадрате»". www.pravilamag.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  25. ^ "В «Гоголь-Центре» откроется выставка Дмитрия Маркова | Арт | Time Out". TimeOut (in Russian). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  26. ^ "Russian social media, meme reacts to Navalny sentencing". English Jamnews. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  27. ^ "Фотограф Дмитрий Марков выставил на благотворительный аукцион снимок, ставший символом преследования Навального и его сторонников". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  28. ^ "Умер фотограф Дмитрий Марков". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  29. ^ "Псковская губерния". Telegram. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  30. ^ "Неслучившееся будущее". Новая вкладка (in Russian). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  31. ^ "Фотограф из Пскова стал первым россиянином в рекламной кампании Apple. Чем он известен?". tvrain.tv. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  32. ^ "These Are the Winners of the First Instagram Grants". TIME. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  33. ^ "Фотограф из Пскова получил Instagram-грант от одного из крупнейших фотоагентств мира". ПАИ Новости Псковской области (in Russian). Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  34. ^ "Наталья Синдеева и Дмитрий Марков получили премию «Камертон» имени Анны Политковской". Новая газета (in Russian). 29 December 1980. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  35. ^ Ковалева, Елена (20 February 2024). "Реабилитационный центр для наркозависимых подростков создадут в Нижнем Новгороде". Коммерсантъ (in Russian). Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  36. ^ a b Морозова, Ксения. "Как Дима Марков помогал наркозависимым и каким будет реабилитационный центр его имени". Афиша (in Russian). Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  37. ^ "Псковский фотограф Дмитрий Марков стал героем фильма «Фрагменты»". Центр деловой информации Псковской области. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  38. ^ "Проект "ВЫЖИВШИЕ" - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
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