Anastasiia Nelen, photographer
Based in San Francisco, USA
Education:
Kuban State University, Russia.
Bachelor of Architecture, diploma with excellence.
Architect
School of Modern Photography DocDocDoc, Russia. Documentary photography.
Photographer
School of Modern Photography DocDocDoc, Russia
Post-documentary photography.
Photographer
Work experience:
2024 — now Bay Area Life, Inc.
Photographer
2019 — 2024 80days.me
Product manager, content creator
Photo projects:
“Gold of Tuva”
A photo — research on the life, culture, and customs of a small indigenous people of the far north in the Republic of Tuva.
Photographer, creator, founder
“Morocco Kingdom’s Colors”
A photo story about the life of people in Morocco.
Photographer, creator, founder
“Kind Gradnfather’s Island”
Stories about remote indigenous people of the far north of Russia after Covid.
Photographer, creator, founder
“Caretta Yok”
A photo project showing the struggles that protecting volunteers and endangered sea turtles faced while trying to survive for 27 years in Turkey.
Photographer, content creator, volunteer
Personal exhibitions:
2023 — “Morocco Kingdom’s Colors” (Komi Republic, Russia)
2022 — “Morocco Kingdom’s Colors” (Komi Republic, Russia)
2022 — “Kind Gradnfather’s Island” (Krasnodar, Russia)
2022 — “Kind Gradnfather’s Island” (Krasnodar, Russia)
2021 — “Morocco Kingdom’s Colors” (Armavir, Russia)
2020 — "Morocco Kingdom’s Colors” (Krasnodar, Russia)
Group exhibitions:
2024 — “Shores” (Novorossiysk, Russia)
2024 — “Photographs, Images, Thoughts” (Krasnodar, Russia)
2022 — “30th Anniversary of the Russian Union of Art Photographers” (Krasnodar, Russia)
2021 — “The Bearr Trust” (online)
2021 — “A Person” (Krasnodar, Russia)
2019 — “Languages of the Peoples of Russia” (Moscow, Russia)
2015 — “Kyzyl-Kuragino” (Moscow, Russia)
2015 — “Kyzyl-Kuragino” (Tuva Republic, Russia)
2014 — “Multinational Russia” (Moscow, Russia)
2010 — “Best of Russia” (Moscow, Russia)
Awards:
2024 — winner, Eddie Adams Workshop student (USA)
2024 — nominee, Leica Oskar Barnack Award (Germany)
2023 — shortlisted, top 20%, Belfast Photofestival (Belfast, UK)
2021 — winner, BEARR 30th Anniversary Photography Competition: Side by Side 2021, (London, UK)
2021 — winner, Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture (Moscow, Russia)
2020 — winner, Blogger award “Star Under the Backpack” (Kolomna, Russia)
2019 — silver laureate, National Award “My Planet” (Moscow, Russia)
2014 — winner, National Geographic Russia “Multinational Russia” (Moscow, Russia)
2010 — winner, “Best of Russia” (Moscow, Russia)
Publications:
2021 — “Hi Home” interior design magazine, interview (Russia)
2021 — “Picturesque Russia” book, contributed photos (Russia)
2019 — “My Planet, ” “Gold of Tuva, ” article (Russia)
2019 — Shutterstock.com, expert tips for photographers (USA)
2014 — “Multinational Russia” catalog of the exhibition, contributed photos (Russia)
2010 — “Best of Russia” catalog of the exhibition, contributed photos (Russia)
Lecturer:
2023 — Artist talk (Antalya, Turkey)
2021 — Artist talk (Krasnodar, Russia)
2021 — Artist talk “Under the Backpack” (Kolomna, Russia)
2020 — Artist talk (Goryachiy Kluch, Russia)
2020 — Artist talk “Under the Backpack” (Moscow, Russia)
Unions:
Since 2020 — Member of the Russian Union of Art Photographers
Since 2019 — Member of the Russian Geographical Society