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Early life
Born in Sloboda village, Sumy Oblast to a family of school teachers. Since the early childhood, Valerii displayed interest in photography. His first works are portraits of the family members. After finishing school, attended and finished Kyiv Geological Survey colledge.

Documentary photography work
Interested in surrounding people's life, Valerii was drawn to the idea of documenting the life. Inspired by works of Henri_Cartier-Bresson  and Robert Capa, his images subjects were inhabitants of his family's village, workers in the street, Kyiv's art community - just about anyone, as long as the shot was not staged. Various photography appreciation communities were around at the time, although most of them had interest in merely taking photographs, not conveying the message. Unsatisfied with what was around, Valerii, along with Alexander Ranchukov, Alexander Lyapin, Alexander Glyadelov and others, has founded "Poglyad" photographic community.