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 2019â€, in Yerevan, Armenia
