Archive for June 2013

Soviet-Era Russia by Sergey Chilikov

Sergey Chilikov

Sergey Chilikov was born in 1953. He has graduated from the Mari Pedagogical Institute, ultimately obtaining an MA in Philosophy in 1983. In 1976-1991 Chilikov lectured at the Yoshkar-Ola University. In 1993 he’s published a book on Russian philosophy, “The Owner Of a Thing, Or the Anthology Of Subjectivity”.
Chilikov’s photography career has started in 1976 in the Fact group (S. Chilikov, Y. Evlampiev, V. Voetsky, E. Likhosherst, V. Mikhaylov). Soon he has become the leader of non-conformist photography in his region. Together with a group of like-minded individuals, he organized exhibitions and festivals; he managed to co-exist quite peacefully with the official photography organizations of the Soviet time. In 1980-1989, Chilikov organized the Analytical Photo Exhibitions (‘Yoshkar-Ola biennale’), and the annual open-air photo festival on Kundysh River. In 1988 he’s participated in the final exhibition of the Fact group at Na Kashirke exhibition hall (Moscow).

Photography by Jo-Anne McArthur

Photography by Jo-Anne McArthur

Based in Toronto, Canada, Jo-Anne McArthur is a photojournalist who brings a compassionate eye and a natural ability to her work. Though Jo-Anne shoots portrait, editorial, food and event photography in Toronto and the surrounding area, she also spends 6 months of each year abroad working on her documentary project We Animals. She is curious, open, and engaged, and approaches each project and assignment with enthusiasm and care.

Portrait Photography by Brad Swonetz

Brad Swonetz

Born and raised in Encinitas, California, Brad Swonetz attended the University of California at Santa Barbara where he pursued two of his great passions – surfing and sculpture. After finishing in Santa Barbara, he moved to LA to assist photographers and learn the trade. Now Brad lives with his wife/assitant/cfo/producer in a beach town in southern California. He loves to surf, play ping pong, pool, and the occasional round of wii. Brad has always had a passion for people and their environments, and loves to show others how interesting the seemingly mundane can be.