ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
The exhibition of the well-known Moscow photographer Pavel Smertin is built as an observation of a long day, which is a metaphor for the whole life of a person.
"The photographs are taken from that special distance that is alien to arrogance and indifference. A distance from which one remembers the long, long day that has passed: in its fragments, if you look closely, a whole life is captured, with its joys and losses."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pavel Smertin was born in 1969 in Vyatka. After graduating from high school, he served in the Soviet Army for a year. He worked as a milling machine operator at a factory, as an assistant to a broker at the stock exchange, and as a photographer for the regional newspaper Vyatsky Krai. He studied photography with Alexander Lapin.
For a long time he worked as a photojournalist at the Kommersant Publishing House.
For two years he was a senior photojournalist of ITAR-TASS.
For several years he collaborated with the magazines "Russian Reporter", "Neskuchny Sad", "Autoreview", as well as with the magazine "Foma".
His personal exhibitions were held in Kirov, St. Petersburg, Moscow. Pavel Smertin's works have been exhibited at numerous exhibitions in Russia, China, France, Croatia, Italy, and the USA.
In 2012, photographs of Pavel Smertin participated in the Photo Biennale in Houston (USA).