Evgeny Mokhorev "Photographs 1991-2010"
Nailya Alexander Gallery
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The gallery is pleased to announce the third solo exhiibition by St. Petersburg photographer Evgeny Mokhorev. The exhibition features 25 gelatin silver prints over the period of almost 20 years.
Mokhorev was 8 when he began taking photographs. He is the first Russian photographer who showed such an incredible insight into the fragile and troubled world of children. Since the late 1980s, he has passionately explored the marginal territories of adolesence, the unsettling revelations of lost childhood, and the magical transformations into adulthood. Mokhorev’s sensitive images are exquisitely composed and taken in natural light. He possesses a special empathy that allows him to enter the complex universe of pubescence, and to capture the wonder of innocence and the delicate inner world expressed by his models. The Russian photography critic Irina Chmyreva compares Mokhorev’s models to the youth depicted in the Renaissance. They project a similar self respect, composure, and a sense of themselves. They are as beautiful as the antique sculptures that abound in his city of St. Petersburg.
[Image: Evgeny Mokhorev "Untitled (Self-portrait with Tanya)" (1992) gelatin silver print © Evgeny Mokhorev]
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Schedule
from April 11, 2012 to June 09, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-05-10 from 17:00 to 20:00
Gallery Night on 57th Street