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Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Photographer
Alexander Tatarenko
The Factory
Gomma Photography Grant 2020 Finalists

Gomma Photography Grant 2020

The Factory

Photographer

Alexander Tatarenko

The Factory

01 Feb, 2022

I've been an engineer at the factory for over fifteen years already. At my parents' insistence I chose this profession although I had been dreaming of an Art University. I thought I would be able to combine work and study while studying art and drawing. However after spending a whole day in a colorless office environment, I find myself in such a stupor that I am only able to scroll through pointless news feeds. The work turned out to be a waste of time, a part of my wasted life. I'm looking for an escape from this status quo. To achieve a state of freedom an individual must be willing to have oneself transformed. And I am looking for what could give me the strength. Painting is an energy source for me. I am hanging the paintings of my favorite artists on the walls of the factory I am working at. The factory becomes my Castle which interiors I am changing in order to change myself.

About the photographer

Alexander Tatarenko

In my work, I explore my attitude to industrial objects and urban architecture. I use various ways of printing images as a way of author's expression. I'm looking for common ground between photos and printed graphics. I have been working at the factory for about 15 years. Education: 2020 - A personal course "the thing is not in itself" by Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 2014 - 2018 I worked in the creative workshop of Nadezhda Kuznetsova 2007 – 2014 - "Fotokunst" – Nadja Kuznetsova`s photo school, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Awards: 2020 - "Sony World Photography Awards" - shortlist in professional category architecture \ series "Twilight" 2019 - "Photounion - 2019" - winner Solo exhibitions: 2017 – «Play with the mashines», Center of art and music library. V. Mayakovsky, St. Petersburg Group exhibitions: 2020 - "Home", LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, Italy 2020 - International Virtual Engravist Printmaking Bienal 2020 2020 - issue of F-Stop Magazine "Open Theme" 2020 - "Sony World Photography Awards" 2019 - “Second International Print Biennale Yerevan 2019”, in Yerevan, Armenia