Izvestia photographer's work was shortlisted for the contest "ARGUS-2024. Photography among the Arts"

On January 20, Russian Concert Agency together with the International Biennale of Photography PhotoVisa announced the list of finalists of the photography contest "ARGUS-2024. Photography among the Arts".

Pavel Volkov, photographer of Izvestia International Exhibition Center, became a finalist in the nomination "Photo Series. Event. Report on events in the cultural sphere".

Pavel Volkov submitted a series of photos taken in North Korea in the summer of 2024.

"ARGUS-2024. Photography among the Arts" is designed to identify the creative potential of contemporary photographers of different generations in Russia, support their creative pursuits, and create a platform for them to communicate with the audience.

The contest was held among photographers in five nominations:

- "Sign. Image. Space".

- "Sound. Rhythm. Music. Time."

- "Word and its embodiment. Theater. Literature. Poetry."

- "The Temple of the Arts. Servants of the arts. Worshipers.

- "Event. Report on events in the sphere of culture".

Announcement of the winners, awarding of prizes, exhibition of works of the winners and prize-winners of the contest will be held in February 2025 in the Winter Theater, as part of the Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi.

The jury of the competition included: Doctor of Art History, Head of the Department of Photography of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, curator, curator, curator and curator.Olga Averyanova, Doctor of Art History, Head of the Department of Photography of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, curator, curator, researcher of photography; Alejandro Almaraz, photographer, teacher of photography, curator of international photographic exhibitions in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Vladimir Vyatkin, photojournalist, honorary member of the Russian Union of Photographers, winner of numerous international and Russian competitions; co-founder and director of the PhotoVisa photography festival, organizer and curator of exhibitions and other photo events in Russia and around the world Maria Goldman; art and photo critic, curator of contemporary art, teacher, author of books and texts on contemporary art, history and theory of photography Vladimir Levashov; Yury Molodkovets, a documentary photographer, journalist, director and scriptwriter of documentary films, member of the Union of Photo Artists, the Union of Journalists of Russia, the Russian Geographical Society and Women Photograph, finalist and winner of international competitions Julia Nevskaya; Hedia Song, an independent curator of photographic projects, editor, visual researcher, Beijing, China; Hediya Song, an independent photojournalist, documentary photographer, visual researcher, independent photographer, journalist, visual artist, journalist, journalist, editor, editor, visual artist, visual researcher, and a member of the Russian Union of Photographers, the Union of Journalists of Russia, the Russian Geographical Society and Women Photograph.