LECTURE | PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Anna Shpakova born in Belorussia. Leaves in Moscow.
Graduated from Moscow State University, psychology department in psychoanalysis, psychology of art. Wrote her dissertation on war and war photographers. Director of photography of various magazines in Moscow (Afisha, Ogoniok, Snob). Curator of numerous exhibitions in Russia and abroad, including exhibitions for Moscow biennial. Commissar of Russia Photoquai 2011, Paris, France. Image adviser and consulter of many young photographers in Russia and CIS. Creator of photography department of British higher School of Art and Design. Co-founder of the Foundation of Photojournalism Development in Russia. Currently Leica Akademie art director in Moscow.
Education
| 1992–1997 | Moscow State University, Psychology Department; Thesis on Psychology of Arts. |
| 1997–2000 | Moscow State University, Postgraduate study, Psychology Department. Dissertation on Psychology of Arts |
Experience
| 1999-2002 | “Objective Reality” Foundation, Moscow, Russia. Picture editor |
| 2001-2002 | “KulturKampf” Production Agency, Moscow, Russia. Producer, curator |
| 2002-2003 | “Afisha” Publishing House, “Afisha” magazine, Moscow, Russia. Picture editor |
| 2003-2005 | “Afisha” Publishing House. Head of Photo Department “Afisha Mir” magazine, guidebooks of “Afisha” series |
| 2005–2009 | “Ogoniok” Publishing House, “Ogoniok” magazine, Moscow, Russia. Director of Photography |
| 2007- till now | Rodchenko Art School of Photography and Multimedia at Moscow House of Photography”, Moscow, Russia. Lecturer |
| 2009- till now | «Foundation for Developement of Photojournalism», Moscow, Russia. Cofounder |
| 2009-2010 | «JV Media Group», «Snob» magazine, Moscow, Russia. Producer of visual projects, picture editor |
| 2010– 2011 | British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow, Russia. Photography Course Director |
| 2011 | Festival PhotoQuai 2011, Paris, France. Commisiare of Russia. |
| 2011– till now | Leica Akademie, Moscow, Russia. Art Director |
Tutorial Projects
| 2004 | IFSAK, Istanbul, Turkey. Seminars for the photographers. Tutor, picture editor |
| 2005 | World Press Photo. Erevan, Armenia. Seminars for the photographers at SMI. Tutor, picture editor |
| 2005 | “Objective Reality” Foundation. Saint Petersburg, Russia. Seminars on photojournalism. Invited tutor, picture editor |
| 2006 | Contest “Silver camera – 2005″, Moscow House of Photography Moscow, Russia. Jury member |
| 2007 | Rodchenko Art School of Photography and Multimedia at Moscow House of Photography”. Lecturer, “Photo editing in magazines” |
| 2007 | Rodchenko Art School of Photography and Multimedia at Moscow House of Photography”. Portfolio review. Picture editor |
| 2007 | Contest “Silver camera – 2006″, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia. Jury Member |
| 2008 | “Photosoc Festival”, Arles, France. Jury member |
| 2008 | Festival “Photo biennale 2008”, Moscow, Russia. Portfolio Review. Picture editor |
| 2008 | Contest “Silver camera – 2007″, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia. Jury Member |
| 2008- 2009 | “Objective Reality” Foundation, Moscow, Russia. Online-seminars on photojournalism. Tutor |
| 2009 | School of Visual Art, Moscow, Russia. Workshop «Production of the visual material in magazines» |
| 2009 | Contest “Silver camera – 2008″, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia. Jury Member |
| 2009- 2010 | Rodchenko Art School of Photography and Multimedia at Moscow House of Photography”. Lecturer ,“History of Documentary Photography” |
| 2010 | Rodchenko Art School of Photography and Multimedia at Moscow House of Photography”. Lecturer, History of Photography and Photographic Agencies |
| 2010 | Contest “Silver camera – 2009″, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia. Jury Member |
| 2010 | «Foundation for Developement of Photojournalism», Moscow, Russia. Photo Award 2009. Jury member |
| 2011 | «Foundation for Developement of Photojournalism», Moscow, Russia. Portfolio review. Picture editor |
| 2011 | Contest “Silver camera – 2010″, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia. Jury member |
| 2010-2011 | Rodchenko Art School of Photography and Multimedia at Moscow House of Photography”. Lecturer. |
| 2011-till now | Leica Akademie, Moscow, Russia. Lecturer. |
Curatorial Projects
| 2004 | Photo festival “InterFoto”, Moscow, Russia. “Fragments of War” by Stanley Greene. Curator of the exhibition |
| 2007 | Exhibition “Living with Art” by Andrei Liankevich, Y Gallery of Contemporary Art, Minsk, Belarus. Curator of the exhibition |
| 2007 – 2008 | Encyclopaedia “Revolution and Civil war in Russia: 1917-1923,” in 4 Volumes, “Terra” publishing house, Moscow, Russia. Researcher, picture editor |
| 2008 | International Photo Festival “Photo biennial – 2008″, Moscow, Russia. Exhibition “Heroes of the Five Years Plan. Colour images in Soviet Photography, 1950-1955″. “Ogoniok” magazine archives. Curator of the exhibition |
| 2008 | Exhibition “Life is Beautiful”. “Ogoniok” magazine archives 1890-2008, Moscow, Russia. Curator of the exhibition |
| 2009 | Art Book «AgitLaque», Isskusstvo-21(21st Century Art) Publishing House. “Ogoniok” magazine archives. Researcher, picture editor |
| 2009 | Photo Book «Black Passport» by Stanley Greene. Russian edition. Treemedia Publishing House, Moscow. Translator, consulting editor |
| 2009 | International Photo Festival “Fashion and Style – 2009″, Moscow, Russia. Exhibition «Mass Production. Soviet Costume. 1951-1961». Curator of the exhibition |
| 2009 | International Photo Festival “Fashion and Style – 2009″, Russia, Moscow. Exhibition «Timur Bekmambetov». Photographer Guillaume Zuili for «Snob» magazine. Curator of the exhibition |
| 2010 | International Photo Festival “Photobiennial – 2010″, Moscow, Russia, «Living People. Part I». Photographers: Vladimir Yakovlev and Igor Ganzha. Curator of the exhibition |
| 2010 | Meglinskaya Gallery, Moscow, Russia. «Black Passport» by Stanley Greene. Curator of the exhibition |
| 2010 | Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, USA. Exhibition «Arkady Shaikhet: Selected Photographs 1924-1941». Colaborator with Maria Shaikhet |
| 2011 | Y Gallery of Contemporary Art, Minsk, Belarus. Exhibition «Living People. Part II». Photographer Igor Ganzha. Exhibition curator |
| 2011 | Festival PhotoQuai 2011, Paris, France. Commisiare of Russia. |
| 2012 | Leica Camera Russia. «Hitchhike: with Leica and a notebook» Photographer Sergei Ponomarev. Exhibition curator |
| 2012 | Leica Camera Russia. A group exhibition. Photographers Lala Kuznetsova, Oleg Klimov, Alexei Miakishev, Grigory Yaroshenko, Sergei Trapezin. Exhibition curator |
Projects and Publications
| 2001-2006 | Collaborations with magazines “Newsweek, US,” “The NewYork Times, ” “Telerama,” “Courrier International,” “Le monde 2,” “The Irish Times,” “Scotsman” |
| 2001 | Project producer, Moscow, Russia. Photographer: Bruce Gilden, Magnum Photos |
| 2003 | Producer, photo editor of the project. Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Photographer Rip Hopkins, Agence VU. «Afisha» magazine publication |
| 2003 | Producer, photoeditor of the project. Delhi, India. Photographer: Sarah Caron, Ashley Woods Productions. «Afisha Mir» magazine publication |
| 2003 | Project producer, picture editor, Istanbul, Turkey. Photographer: Donja Pitch, Valerie Martinez Agency. «Afisha Mir» magazine publication |
| 2004 | Project Producer, Chateau Bagnols, France. Photographer: Francoise Huguier. «Afisha Mir» magazine publication |
| 2004 | Producer, picture editor of the project. Morocco. Photographer: Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Magnum Photos. «Afisha Mir» magazine publication |
| 2004 | Art Director, project producer, Biarritz, France. Photographer: Stanley Greene, Agence VU. «Afisha Mir» magazine publication |
| 2005 | Project producer, Paris, France. Photographer: Francoise Huguier, Rapho agency, Stylist: Claire Dupont. «Afisha Mir» magazine publication |
| 2005 | Project Producer, Moscow, Russia. Photographer: Francoise Huguier. «Afisha» magazine publication |
| 2005 | Photo editor, text editor. “Afisha Mir” Special Issue “World in Focus, The Dialogues with Photographers: Olivier Grunewald, Narelle Autio, Martin Kollar, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Georgui Pinkhassov, Gulliver Theis, Ann Menke, Philip Blenkinsop, Robert Polidori» |
| 2005 | Project producer, picture editor: “Young political parties in Russia». Photographer: Sergey Leontev. «Ogoniok» magazine publication |
| 2006 | Producer, picture editor of the project: “Alexey Ratmansky. Bolshoi Theatre Art Director”. Photographers: Stanley Greene/Agence VU, Thomas Dvorzhak/Magnum, Gueorgui Pinhassov/Magnum, Igor Mukhin, Evgeny Mokharev, Alexey Kuzmichev, Natalia Pavlovskaja. “Esquire“ magazine Special issue |
| 2006 | Art Director, project producer ” Young dancers of the Bolshoi Theatre”. Photographer Oleg Nikishin, Epsilon Agency. «Ogoniok» magazine publication |
| 2007 | Art Director, Producer of the project «2008 1/2 for Martini Gold Collection». Book Martini Gold Collection Publication |
| 2009 | Producer, picture editor of the project «Russian Writers. 17 stories for summer reading», Photographers: Francesco Carrozzini, Pierre-Olivier Deschapms/ Agence VU, Gueorgui Pinkhassov/ Magnum Photos, Patrick Voight, Serge Golovach. «Snob» magazine Special Issue Publication |
| 2009 | Art Director, producer of the project «David Remnick. Word of Hounour». New York, USA. Photographer: Ron Haviv, VII Agency |
| 2009 | Art Director, producer of the projecr «Evgeny Lebedev. Sentimental Education», London, UK. Photogphrapher: Francois Rousseau |
| 2009-2010 | Art Director,pProducer of the photo features series with John Malkovich, Amelie Nothomb, Frederic Mitterand, Anjei Wajda, Boris Akunin,Tonino Guerra, David de Rothschild, von Ribbentrops. Italy, France, Poland, Russia. Photographers: Paolo Pellegrin/ Magnum Photos, Frank Ferville/ Agence VU, Valery Katsuba, Gueorgui Pinkhassov/ Magnum photos, Daniil Golovkin, Dieter Mayr/ Agent Focus, Pierre Olivier Descamps/ Agence VU. «Snob» magazine Publication |
| 2010 | Researcher, Picture editor of the project «Photographic Memory. War photography in Soviet Union». Photographers: Arkady Shaikhet, Max Alpert, Natalia Bode, Ivan Shagin, Emmanuil Evzerikhin, Anatoli Garanin, Evgeny Khaldei, Boris Ignatovich, Mikhail Trakhman, Mark Markov-Grinberg. «Snob» magazine publication |
| 2010 | Art Director, project producer. «Ludmila Alexeeva. Triumphal Granny». Photographers: Anthony Suau, Daniil Golovkin. «Snob» magazine publication |
| 2011 | Producer of film- and photo project «Faberge World». Moscow, Russia. Filmmaker: Rustam Khamdamov, Photographer: Gueorgui Pinkhassov/ Magmum Photos |
| 2011 | Producer of film- and photo project «Faberge World». Moscow, Russia. Filmmaker: Rustam Khamdamov, Photographer: Gueorgui Pinkhassov/ Magmum Photos |
| 2011 | Producer of film- and photo project «Faberge World». Moscow, Russia. Filmmaker: Rustam Khamdamov, Photographer: Gueorgui Pinkhassov/ Magmum Photos |
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