Misha Maslennikov - World Photography Organisation

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Country:: Russian Federation
Nationality:: Russian
Member Since:: 12 Jun 2012
No. of Galleries:: 1

Bio

Misha Maslennikov was born in 1964 in the settlement of Dobroe close to Moscow.
During 1981-1983 years he studied at Art School #75, got the qualification of architectural designer-constructor.
During 2002-2005 years Misha studied at theological department of Saint Tikhon`s Orthodox University.
In the period of 1985-1992 he worked in reproduction centre of the State Publishing House the “Press” (previous name “Pravda”) as a retoucher and an operator of electronic color splitting and color correcting machine. At the same time Misha Maslennikov got experienced in the following fields: photo reproduction, contacts, photomontage, he was busy in graphic, fonts and painting in art studious of Moscow painters Dmitry and Andrey Bisty, Vladimir Brainin.
In 1993-1998 he worked as an assistant of head of printing department at the design agency of the company “Videoservice”, became professional in control of printing process, graphic design, pre-printing photo preparation.
During 2001-2002 he was engaged as an art-director in the project “Byzantium.ru” of charity organization “The Centre of Help to Development of Orthodox art “Byzantine”.
He began traveling in the Russian North in 2002. The main areas are single expeditions to the places difficult of access, visiting and co-operation with cenobites of active monasteries, sketes, with keepers of ancient temples, pogosts, studying the way of life of modern hermits, anchorites, real intercourse and contacts with backwoodsmen.
Since the middle of 2005 Misha goes in for field reportage photography and begins thinking seriously about the photographic process as a way of the particular conveyance of author ideas in a missionary vein. At present Misha Maslennikov continues his work on private and public projects in documentary photography, individual and group expeditions according to a given subject, collection of materials, visual ethnography.
Since 2006 – Photographer. The leader of 'NoGa' Creative Union (noga-art.com).
In 2008 he triggered the arrangement of photoclub under gallery “Pheophania”.
Since 2010 – a member of the Russian Photounion.
Since 2010 – a member of the Russian Geography Society.

Photography Genres Specialising In

Arts & Entertainment, Commercial, Environmental Photography, Landscape, Lifestyle, Natural History, Photojournalism & Documentary, Portraiture, Street Photography, Travel, Urban Photography

My Equipment

Pentax 67 II; Nikon F3HP; Nikon F3; Sinar X; Pentax SMC 67 45mm f/4; Takumar SMC 6X7 55mm f/3.5; Pentax SMC 67 75mm f/2.8 AL; Pentax SMC 67 90mm f/2.8; Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Primotar 180mm f/3.5 Macro; Solodky-Monocle Landscape-Achromatic 120mm f/4; Nikon Nikkor 35mm f/1.4 AI-S; Nikon Nikkor 20mm f/2.8 AI-S; Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 AI-S; Rodenstock Sinaron-W 90mm f/6.8 MC; Rodenstock Sinar Sinaron-S 150mm f/5.6 MC; Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar-S 210mm f/5.6 MC; Nikon Nikkor AM*ED 120mm f/5.6 Macro; Pinhole Body Cap for Pentax 67