Birthmark on the Map

Birthmark on the Map is a community of citizen journalists — or, more precisely put, photo-journalists — who document life in provincial Russia.

The result of a local project, the portal provides a window into the small cities and smaller villages that have largely been forgotten by Moscow. Birthmark (Rodinki) is a play on words and can mean both “birthmark” and “little home”.
(The BOBs — Deutsche Welle Blog Awards, 2011) Community blog launched in late 2009 as local photoproject documenting daily life of Novosibirsk Region (Western Siberia) now presenting works more with stories from the whole Russia.


Contributing authors to the exhibition:


© Valerik Klamm
© Valerik Klamm
© Sergey Maximishin
© Sergey Maximishin
© Alexander Sorin
© Alexander Sorin
© Alexander Kustov
© Alexander Kustov
© Ksenia Diodorova
© Ksenia Diodorova
© Misha Maslennikov
© Misha Maslennikov
© Tatiana Plotnikova
© Tatiana Plotnikova
© Alexander Kuznetsov
© Alexander Kuznetsov
© Alexander Stepanenko
© Alexander Stepanenko
© Igor Lagunov
© Igor Lagunov
© Alexander Volobuev
© Alexander Volobuev
© Sam Harris
© Sam Harris

Birthmark on the Map. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa
Birthmark on the Map. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

exhibitions

Birthmark on the Map. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Moscow 2010

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

Moscow 2008

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

Vitebsk 2024

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

Alghero 2023

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

Moscow 2022

“PhotoTOP. Still Life 2022” April 28 — July 3, 2022 April 28 at 19:00 in the Gallery of Classical Photography...
Birthmark on the Map. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Cambrige 2022

'World View' January 8 — February 5, 2022 Bridge Gallery in partnership with the Social Documentary Network (SDN)...
Birthmark on the Map. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Bielsko-Biała 2021

'The Don Steppe' 8 — 24 October, 2021 The Centre for Photography Foundation, within the framework of the 9. Foto Art...
Birthmark on the Map. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

New York 2021

'ZEKE Award Winners 2021' 18 September — 1 December, 2021 The Social Documentary Network (SDN) presents an exhibition...
Birthmark on the Map. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Vitebsk 2021

'Noga is 15 years old' 23 — 27 June, 2021 Noga Creative Union presents an anniversary exhibition of documentary...
Birthmark on the Map. Misha Maslennikov. Documentary photography. Odessa

Moscow 2021

“PhotoTOP 2021” 10 June — 19 September, 2021 On June 10, the Gallery of Classical Photography will open the largest...
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