Vladimir Seleznev (b. 1984) is photographer and visual artist. The most important part of his professional activity is devoted to personal long-term projects that are centered around issues of personal and social identity, social mythology, collective unconscious, as well as problems of suppressing personal self-awareness within various communities, from family to governmental systems.
In 2020, he published his first photobook "Oseyev" — a pseudo-documentary research of the typical residential environment of a contemporary metropolis that examines the collective myth of the new "city of the future" and visualizes the consumer demand of the "middle class". It also identifies problems of personal isolation and social discomfort within new urban areas.
In 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and intensification of repressive domestic policies, Vladimir Seleznev left Russia and is currently staying between Tel Aviv (Israel) and Tbilisi (Georgia).
Since 2018, before leaving Russia, Vladimir worked on a new project "Those who talk in the temple are consigned to sorrow and woe", in which he continues to study the socio-cultural aspects of Russian society. This time, he explores peculiar properties of religious self-awareness as contributing factor to social apathy, ressentiment, as well as the historical legitimization of despotism, authoritarian politics, repression, and external aggression by the state.
Vladimir Seleznev has a higher teacher education, he is the author of educational programs on the contemporary photography and visual culture, co-founder and the head of the Polezreniya School.
In 2020, he published his first photobook "Oseyev" — a pseudo-documentary research of the typical residential environment of a contemporary metropolis that examines the collective myth of the new "city of the future" and visualizes the consumer demand of the "middle class". It also identifies problems of personal isolation and social discomfort within new urban areas.
In 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and intensification of repressive domestic policies, Vladimir Seleznev left Russia and is currently staying between Tel Aviv (Israel) and Tbilisi (Georgia).
Since 2018, before leaving Russia, Vladimir worked on a new project "Those who talk in the temple are consigned to sorrow and woe", in which he continues to study the socio-cultural aspects of Russian society. This time, he explores peculiar properties of religious self-awareness as contributing factor to social apathy, ressentiment, as well as the historical legitimization of despotism, authoritarian politics, repression, and external aggression by the state.
Vladimir Seleznev has a higher teacher education, he is the author of educational programs on the contemporary photography and visual culture, co-founder and the head of the Polezreniya School.
Recent magazine publications
Meduza (RUS)
"За десять лет население Москвы увеличилось на полтора миллиона человек. Фотограф Владимир Селезнёв снял окраины разросшейся столицы так, будто это город-призрак"
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The Calvert Journal (ENG)
"New Moscow: capturing non-places in the suburbs of the Russian capital"
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Photographer (RUS)
Владимир Селезнёв: «В эпоху пост-правды спекулятивная документалистика только набирает обороты!»
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Неизвестный Человек (RUS)
«Фотограф Владимир Селезнёв: неудобный пейзаж, подмосковная Припять и эстетика обыденности»
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Meduza (RUS)
"За десять лет население Москвы увеличилось на полтора миллиона человек. Фотограф Владимир Селезнёв снял окраины разросшейся столицы так, будто это город-призрак"
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The Calvert Journal (ENG)
"New Moscow: capturing non-places in the suburbs of the Russian capital"
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Photographer (RUS)
Владимир Селезнёв: «В эпоху пост-правды спекулятивная документалистика только набирает обороты!»
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Неизвестный Человек (RUS)
«Фотограф Владимир Селезнёв: неудобный пейзаж, подмосковная Припять и эстетика обыденности»
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Selected awards
2024 - Encontros da Imagem Discovery Awards, Portugal. Finalist
2024 - PhMuseum 2024 Photography Grant. Shortlisted
2021 - Self Publish Riga dummy contest. Shortlist
2019 - International Photography Grant. Documentary nominee
2018 - International Photography Grant. Experimental nominee
2015 - Silver Camera (by Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow). Nomination "Architecture". Prizewinner
Selected exhibitions
2024 - Encontros da Imagem. International Photography and Visual Art Festival. Portugal, Guimarães
2021 - Ways of communication. Group. Pennlab Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021 - Udar. Group. Borovsk Prison Castle, Borovsk, Russia
2021 - Self Publish Riga. Group. ISSP Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2018 - Photo Kyiv Fair. Group. Chicago Central House, Kiev, Ukraine
2017 - Contemporary landscape. Group. Nu Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
2015 - Silver Camera. Group. Central exhibition hall «Manege», Moscow, Russia
2014 - The Third Museum Photobiennale of Contemporary Photography. Group. The Russian Museum, St.-Petersburg, Russia
2014 - Silver Camera. Group. The Tsar Tower of Kazansky railway station, Moscow, Russia
2013 - Silver Camera. Group. The Tsar Tower of Kazansky railway station, Moscow, Russia
2011 - Best Photographer. Group. The Lumiere brothers Center for Photography, Moscow, Russia
2007 - Apple History. Solo. Gallery XXI, Moscow, Russia
Public talks
2022 – Presentation of the book "Oseyev". Koreshki festival, Novosibirsk, Russia
2021 – Presentation of the book "Oseyev". Pennlab Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021 - Presentation of the book "Oseyev". Fotobookmarket on Contemporary Art Center "Winzavod", Moscow, Russia
2018 – Presentation of the project SNR (in collaboration with K. Selezneva ) Photo Kyiv Fair, Chicago Central House, Kiev, Ukraine
Teaching
2013/current - multiple courses in photography at Polezreniya School
Education
2001/2006 – Moscow State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Philology, Russia
2024 - Encontros da Imagem Discovery Awards, Portugal. Finalist
2024 - PhMuseum 2024 Photography Grant. Shortlisted
2021 - Self Publish Riga dummy contest. Shortlist
2019 - International Photography Grant. Documentary nominee
2018 - International Photography Grant. Experimental nominee
2015 - Silver Camera (by Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow). Nomination "Architecture". Prizewinner
Selected exhibitions
2024 - Encontros da Imagem. International Photography and Visual Art Festival. Portugal, Guimarães
2021 - Ways of communication. Group. Pennlab Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021 - Udar. Group. Borovsk Prison Castle, Borovsk, Russia
2021 - Self Publish Riga. Group. ISSP Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2018 - Photo Kyiv Fair. Group. Chicago Central House, Kiev, Ukraine
2017 - Contemporary landscape. Group. Nu Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
2015 - Silver Camera. Group. Central exhibition hall «Manege», Moscow, Russia
2014 - The Third Museum Photobiennale of Contemporary Photography. Group. The Russian Museum, St.-Petersburg, Russia
2014 - Silver Camera. Group. The Tsar Tower of Kazansky railway station, Moscow, Russia
2013 - Silver Camera. Group. The Tsar Tower of Kazansky railway station, Moscow, Russia
2011 - Best Photographer. Group. The Lumiere brothers Center for Photography, Moscow, Russia
2007 - Apple History. Solo. Gallery XXI, Moscow, Russia
Public talks
2022 – Presentation of the book "Oseyev". Koreshki festival, Novosibirsk, Russia
2021 – Presentation of the book "Oseyev". Pennlab Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021 - Presentation of the book "Oseyev". Fotobookmarket on Contemporary Art Center "Winzavod", Moscow, Russia
2018 – Presentation of the project SNR (in collaboration with K. Selezneva ) Photo Kyiv Fair, Chicago Central House, Kiev, Ukraine
Teaching
2013/current - multiple courses in photography at Polezreniya School
Education
2001/2006 – Moscow State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Philology, Russia