1st INTERNATIONAL
PHOTO COLLECTIVE
PHOTO COLLECTIVE
1st INTERNATIONAL
PHOTO COLLECTIVE
PHOTO COLLECTIVE
Our first collective in Gardinovci was both an experiment and a discovery. All participants lived with local families, which made the exchange deeply personal. With the guidance of mentor Sergey Stroitelev, who helped the artists articulate their projects in record time, and with constant interaction with the villagers, the week became an intense period of creation. We worked under tight deadlines to fit the entire production process and the final exhibition into just seven days.
Looking back, the projects are the formal outcome. But what mattered most was how quickly we grew close as a group, how working side by side supported everyone’s process. The strongest proof of this spirit is that nearly all of the first participants returned the following year to help with the organization. For us, that sense of continuity and shared commitment remains the residency’s greatest achievement.
Looking back, the projects are the formal outcome. But what mattered most was how quickly we grew close as a group, how working side by side supported everyone’s process. The strongest proof of this spirit is that nearly all of the first participants returned the following year to help with the organization. For us, that sense of continuity and shared commitment remains the residency’s greatest achievement.
Sergei Stroitelev
Mentor and curator year 2024
Sergei Stroitelev is a Russian-born freelance photographer currently
based in Berlin, Germany. He works with Helsingin Sanomat, VICE UK/USA,
De Volkskrant, Takie Dela, Meduza, Novaya Gazeta, and others.
He also teaches photography at the Fotografika Academy in Saint Petersburg, Russia (online).
His photographic practice investigates people in the contexts of social injustices and the consequences of conflicts all around the globe. With the help of different visual languages, dignity, and respect towards his subjects, he examines the problems of migration, the identity of minorities, and discrimination on the basis of gender, health, and race, as well as ecological issues and the consequences of disasters and conflicts. Taking all this into consideration, we can only imagine how tremendously he can influence our participants and where the common work in the Photo Collective will lead them all. Vidimo se, Sergei!
based in Berlin, Germany. He works with Helsingin Sanomat, VICE UK/USA,
De Volkskrant, Takie Dela, Meduza, Novaya Gazeta, and others.
He also teaches photography at the Fotografika Academy in Saint Petersburg, Russia (online).
His photographic practice investigates people in the contexts of social injustices and the consequences of conflicts all around the globe. With the help of different visual languages, dignity, and respect towards his subjects, he examines the problems of migration, the identity of minorities, and discrimination on the basis of gender, health, and race, as well as ecological issues and the consequences of disasters and conflicts. Taking all this into consideration, we can only imagine how tremendously he can influence our participants and where the common work in the Photo Collective will lead them all. Vidimo se, Sergei!
Participants of the year 2024
- Eugenia Ignatova
- Marina Tokareva
- Katarina Tomanović
- Pavle Srećkov
- Sofija Brkić
- Amitai Hayun
Projects
Selection Committee
- Efim Graboy
- Sergei Stroitelev
- Nikolai N. Viktorov
