Ordinary Photos

Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

The story is an ordinary one. An ordinary photographer loads a black-and-white film into his mechanical camera and goes far, far away, as far away as possible. There, an ordinary life awaits him, very simple in the passage of time and extremely ingenuous in the simplicity of its subjects. Ordinary people, ordinary entourage, ordinary relationships… Not surprising, we’ve seen it more than once, both in life and directly in photography. Then why? What’s the point? What’s the interest? The visual representation begs no less a series of questions. An abundance of central compositions, frontal angles, familiar plans. What is it: a manner, a style, a particular form of perception? There are many questions, just as there could be many answers. But he is one. Like a lonely choice, like a mined essence. In a simple decision, seemingly ordinary, perhaps, to the extent of strength and skill, graceful, to see depth. A depth accessible to everyone. All that remains is to dive in.


Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

exhibitions

Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Nizhny Novgorod 2013

'3 Outskirts' 3 — 16 April, 2013 Noga Creative Union, Ministry of Culture of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, and Russian...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Ogre 2012

'Urban Environment' 13 — 31 October, 2012 Association “Ogre Photo Clubs”, within the framework of the festival “Photo...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

United Kingdom 2012-19

'Our Stories' 2012-2019 The Photographic Angle presents a Mobile Photo Exhibition project “Our Stories”. London —...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

United Kingdom 2012-21

'200 Faces' 2012-2021 The Photographic Angle presents a Mobile Photo Exhibition project “200 Faces”. London —...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Yekaterinburg 2012

'3 Outskirts: Karelia, Altai, Chukotka' 14 May  — 20 June, 2012 Noga Creative Union and GM Photo Gallery present...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Sydney 2012

'Birthmark on the Map' 4 May — 3 June, 2012 The second-largest Head On Photo Festival presents the group exhibition...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Moscow 2010

'No distinction' May 20 — June 20, 2010 Volunteer group Indifference presents the exhibition project...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Moscow 2008

'WE' 8 — 28 September, 2008 Noga Creative Union and Theophania Art Gallery present the first solo exhibition...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

DANNONG / China 2024

‘Replication of what we saw’ 1 August — 30 September 2024. DANNONG presents an exhibition of documentary photography...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Vitebsk 2024

‘And Quiet Flows the Volga’ 26 — 30 June 2024. Noga Creative Union, within the framework of the IX International...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Vitebsk 2024

‘Retrospective. Lith’ 26 June — 30 June 2024. The IX International Festival of Photography ‘FotoKrok’ named after...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Vitebsk 2023

‘The Lightness of Being’ 21 June — 9 July 2023. The VIII International Festival of Photography “FotoKrok” named after...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Alghero 2023

‘The Don Steppe’ 9 June — 9 July 2023. The 4° edition Asincronie | Documentary Cinema and Photography Festival...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Berlin 2023

'BarTur Photo Awards' 9 — 19 February, 2023 The BarTur Photo Awards in cooperation with f3 — freiraum für fotografie...
Odessa 2013. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Lodi 2022

‘The Don Steppe’ 24 September — 23 October 2022. The XIII edition of The Festival of Ethical Photography in Lodi...
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