Izvestia photographer's work was recognized as the best in the contest "ARGUS-2024. Photography among the Arts"

On February 22, as part of the Winter International Festival of Arts in Sochi's Winter Theater, the winners of the photography contest "ARGUS-2024. Photography among the Arts". The event is organized by the Russian Concert Agency together with the PhotoVisa International Biennale of Photography.

Pavel Volkov, photographer of Izvestia International Exhibition Center, won in the nomination "Photo Series. Event. Report on cultural events" for a series of photos he took in North Korea in the summer of 2024.

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

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, and curator of photography at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.Olga Averyanova, Doctor of Art History, Head of the Department of Photography at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, curator, curator and 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 PhotoVisa photography festival, organizer and curator of exhibitions and other photo events in Russia and worldwide 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 Photographers, the Union of Journalists of Russia, the Russian Geographical Society and Women Photograph, finalist and winner of international competitions Julia Nevskaya; Hediya Song, an independent curator of photographic projects, editor, visual researcher, Beijing, China; Hediya Song, an independent photojournalist, documentary photographer, visual artist, editor, visual researcher, a member of the Russian Union of Photographers, the Union of Journalists of Russia, the Russian Geographical Society and the Women Photograph organization.