Born in 1974 in Moscow, Russia.

A freelance photographer cooperating with a number of Russian newspapers and world photo agencies (stock photos are my hobby). At the age of one, I suffered from a stroke affecting the whole right side of my body (it is paralyzed, and I work with a camera using one hand only). Many people consider physical disability a disaster - I try to consider it to be a God’s gift. It helped me see the world in a different light, different from the way many people see it.