Post-Soviet Visions exhibition - in pictures

Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe is a photography show exploring new visual representations of lifestyle and landscape in eastern Europe. The exhibition gathers the work of a young generation of artists rising to prominence a quarter-century after the end of Communism. It opens on 23 February at Calvert 22 space in London

Main image: David Meskhi is a Berlin-based Georgian photographer. He was born in 1979 in Tbilisi, Georgia. After gaining an academic degree in photography, he worked as a photographer for major Georgian cultural magazines, and his works entered the collection of the Georgian House of Photography. After his first solo show, which consisted of analog photographs of skaters and athletes taken in his native country, he co-directed the award winning documentary When Earth Seems to Be Light, which is based on his photographs Photograph: David Meskhi

  • Ieva Raudsepa is a Los Angeles-based, Latvian-born photographer whose work has been exhibited and featured internationally, including in i-D, YET, Latvian Photography Yearbook, FK Magazine. Ieva is a MFA candidate at the California Institute of the Arts.
    Ieva Raudsepa is a Los Angeles-based Latvian born photographer whose photography work has been exhibited and featured internationally, including i-D, YET, Latvian Photography Yearbook, FK Magazine. Ieva is currently a MFA candidate at the California Institute of the Arts.

  • Jędrzej Franek is the executive editor of Stacja Poznań, a cultural, architectural and design web platform. He is the founder of the Instagramers Poznań community, part of Instagramers.com. He is a formerly a mobile software quality assurance specialist and visual marketing manager in exclusive furniture retail and currently project manager of Poznań Design Festival
    Jędrzej Franek is the executive editor of Stacja Poznań, a cultural, architectural and design web platform. He is the founder of the Instagramers Poznań community, part of Instagramers.com. He is a formerly a mobile software quality assurance specialist and visual marketing manager in exclusive furniture retail and currently project manager of Poznań Design Festival

  • Dima Komarov. Born in 1997, in Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, Russia. Dima is a self-taught photographer whose work has been shown in publications such as Sicky Mag and Coeval Magazine. Post-Soviet Visions will be his first major exhibition.
    Dima Komarov. Born in 1997, in Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, Russia. Dima is an autodidact photographer and Post-Soviet Visions is her debut as a photographer

  • Genia Volkov was born in Crimea, Ukraine, in 1981 and educated at the Institute of Journalism in Kiev and later self-taught multimedia artist transforming feelings and ideas into an image. During 2016 and 2017, his extensive work showcasing one-dimensional relationship with reality as the extension of self was exhibited in Latvia and in Ukraine and also published in the book Ukrainian Erotic Photography, The Calvert Journal and Purple Fashion Magazine
    Genia Volkov was born in Crimea, Ukraine in 1981 and educated at the Institute of Journalism in Kiev and later self taught multimedia artist transforming feelings and ideas into an image. During 2016 and 2017 his extensive work showcasing one-dimensional relationship with reality, as the extension of self was exhibited in Latvia and in Ukraine and also published in the book Ukrainian Erotic Photography, The Calvert Journal and Purple Fashion Magazine

  • David Meskhi is a Berlin-based Georgian photographer. He was born in 1979 in Tbilisi, Georgia. After gaining an academic degree in photography, he worked as a photographer for major Georgian cultural magazines, and his works entered the collection of the Georgian House of Photography. After his first solo show, which consisted of analogue photographs of skaters and athletes taken in his native country, he co-directed the award winning documentary When Earth Seems to be Light, which is based on his photographs
    David Meskhi is a Berlin-based Georgian photographer. He was born in 1979 in Tbilisi, Georgia. After gaining an academic degree in photography, he worked as a photographer for major Georgian cultural magazines, and his works entered the collection of the Georgian House of Photography. After his first solo show, which consisted of analog photographs of skaters and athletes taken in his native country, he co-directed the award winning documentary When Earth Seems to Be Light, which is based on his photographs

  • Paulina Korobkiewicz was born in 1993 in Suwałki, Poland. London-based photographer Paulina gained a first-class honours degree in fine art photography from Camberwell College of Arts and has also attended the Warsaw School of Photography. In 2016, Paulina won the Camberwell Book Prize. Following 2017 she was shortlisted for the Belfast Photo Festival Open Submission and was nominated for the Magnum Photos graduate photographers award
    Paulina Korobkiewicz was born in 1993 in Suwałki, Poland. Paulina is a London-based photographer. She gained a first class honours degree in Fine Art Photography from Camberwell College of Arts and has also attended the Warsaw School of Photography. In 2016 Paulina was the winner of Camberwell Book Prize. Following 2017 she was shortlisted for the Belfast Photo Festival Open Submission and was nominated for the Magnum Photos Graduate Photographers Award

  • Grigor Devejiev is a photographer with more than a decade of experience working in fashion whose atmospheric, gritty editorials have attracted the attention of international fashion magazines including i-D and Metal
    Grigor Devejiev is a photographer with over a decade of experience working in fashion whose atmospheric, somewhat gritty, bold editorials have attracted the attention of international fashion magazines including i-D and Metal.

  • Patrick Bienert and Max von Gumppenberg have been working together since 2007. Based between Germany and New York, they explore concepts of culture and identity grounded in the heritage of street and documentary photography
    Photographers Patrick Bienert and Max von Gumppenberg have been working together since 2007. Based between Germany and New York, they explore concepts of culture and identity grounded in the heritage of street and documentary photography

  • Hassan Kurbanbaev was born in 1982 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Hassan was educated at the Tashkent State University of Arts. He began his career as a cinematographer, producing short films focusing on social and youth issues. For the past few years, he has turned his interest to photography, working in the fields of fine art, documentary and fashion. Post-Soviet Visions will be his debut exhibition
    Hassan Kurbanbaev was born in 1982 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Hassan was educated at the Tashkent State University of Arts. He began his career as a cinematographer, producing short films focusing on social and youth issues. For the past few years, he has turned his interest to photography, working in the fields of fine art, documentary and fashion. Post-Soviet Visions will be the debut exhibition for Hassan

  • Before turning to fashion photography, Masha Demianova studied journalism and creative writing, and worked as a photo shoot producer at L’Officiel magazine. She has taken photographs for a range of publications including L’Officiel, Harper’s Bazaar, Afisha Magazine, Look At Me and Port
    Before turning to fashion photography, Masha Demianova studied journalism and creative writing, and worked as a photo shoot producer at L’Officiel magazine. She has taken photographs for a range of well-known publications including L’Officiel, Harper’s Bazaar, Afisha Magazine, Look At Me and Port

  • Michał Korta was born in Poland and studied German philology and photography. He has been working in photography for more than 15 years. Korta works with press, advertising agencies and international cultural institutions, and is a lecturer on photography in Poland and Switzerland. The main topics his work explores are identity, identifications and coincidences, with signification projects including Former Russian Republics (2006), Kazakh Dismounted (2010), Balkan Playground (2014), Beautiful Monster (2014/15) and The Shadow Line (2016)
    Michał Korta was born in Poland and studied German philology and photography. He has been working in photography for more than 15 years. Korta works with press, advertising agencies and international cultural institutions, and is a lecturer on photography in Poland and Switzerland. The main topics his work explores are identity, identifications and coincidences, with signification projects including “Former Russian Republics” (2006), “Kazakh Dismounted” (2010), “Balkan Playground” (2014), “Beautiful Monster” (2014/2015) and “The Shadow Line” (2016)

  • Armen Parsadanov was born in Baku in 1982 and has lived and worked in Kiev from 2013. Armen featured in an exhibition in 2016 collaborating with Masha Reva and Port Creative Hub and in 2017 with a series of portraits for One Day Project, I-Zone. He has been publicised in Vogue UA, Vogue.com, L’Officel UA, i-D, Dazed and Confused and Fisheye Magazine
    Armen Parsadanov was born in Baku in 1982 and has lived and worked in Kiev from 2013. Armen featured in an exhibition in 2016 collab- orating with Masha Reva and Port Creative Hub and in 2017 with a series of portraits for One Day Project, I-Zone. He has been publicised in Vogue UA, Vogue.com, L’Officel UA, i-D, Dazed and Confused and Fisheye Magazine

  • Pavel Milyakov was born in Moscow in 1988. He attended Moscow State Academy of Art and Industry, S.G. Stroganov working with graphic design and later also Moscow Film School. Pavel has had a lot of attention on social media for his photography and Post-Soviet Visions will be his first exhibition
    Pavel Milyakov was born in Moscow in 1988. He attended Moscow State Academy of Art and Industry, S.G. Stroganov working with graphic design and later also Moscow Film School. Pavel has had a lot of attention on social media for his photography and Post-Soviet Visions will be his first exhibition
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