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Irina Popova Short biography

Was born in 1986 in Tver, Russia. Graduated from Journalism Faculty, Tver State University, Russia. Started to work as a writing journalist at the age of 16 in the local newspapers and magazines and made photos for her articles. Won her first Youth Delphic games of Russia in nomination “Photography” at the age of seventeen, the same year joined the Union of Photographers of Russia. In 2007 studied photography in S.-Petersburg, Fotodepartament, tutor – Sergey Maximishin. 2008 – prize of Volga Biennale. In 2008 made a photoproject about the republics and countries of Caucasus, and finished her travel at the war in Georgia, working for the “Russian Reporter” magazine. After that moved to Moscow, started to work in the stuff of Ogoniok magazine as a writer and photographer. Entered the study at Moscow Rodchenko School of Photography and Multimedia, the group of documentary photography, tutors – Oleg Klimov, Irina Meglinskaya. 2008 – personal photoexhibition “Another Family” at Fotodepartament, S.-Petersburg. 2009 – participant of the Noorderlicht festival, the Netherlands, prize of UNICEF for “Another Family” project. 2010 – prize of the Fund of Development of Photojournalism, Russia and “The Best Photographer of Russia” in nomination “the Best Photostory”. 2010 – prize of the of the Fund of Development of Photojournalism, Russia 2010 – participant of the Breda Photo Festival, Netherlands Since 2010 is based in the Netherlands. Since 2011 started an artist residence in the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam. More information can be found at www.irinapopova.net