Dmitry Ermakov is a documentary photographer and a journalist. Explores the themes of collective consciousness and personal identity. Specializes in regions of Russia and the post-Soviet area.
Born in Moscow in 1978. Works as a writing journalist since 2004. Worked as a photo reporter in 2013-17. Makes long-term photo projects since 2018.
Graduated from Fotografika documentary/art photo school, St. Petersburg, in 2018.
Awards
2021
Reponses Photo choice at Les Boutographies, France
2020
Les Boutographies, France (shortlist)
KosMostFest, Russia (shortlist)
2019
Photometria, Greece (shortlist)
2017
Eastreet 4, Poland (finalist)
Personal exhibitions
2021
Everyone’s Home (Chekalin, Russia)
Selected collective exhibitions
2019
OFF Bratislava (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Environmenta (Rome, Italy)
Motion (Budapest, Hungary)
2017
Eastreet 4 (Lublin, Poland and then worldwide)
2016
Actual Udmurtia (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
Special projects (collaborative)
Selected publications
Lenta.ru: “Мне грозит суровое возмездие”
Заповедник: Крапивна. Блеск и нищета исторического села под Тулой (текст Марии Семеновой)
Холод: “Лес — это мой дом, я хочу его сохранить”
The Calvert Journal: Carving a space for a Russia’s threatened wooden architecture
The Calvert Journal: East of the West
РИА Новости: Залитый край
РИА Новости: Киселевск-на-разрезе
Lenta.ru: Приплыли
Susanin: Альтернативный Ижевск
Заповедник: Все дома
The Calvert Journal: River Under Earth
Analog Mag: Healing Place (+ interview)
Regnum: Фигурное катание как нейронная сеть
BBC Russia: Петроград в (20)17-м году
Russia Beyond: ‘This way up': What goes on in the city of Izhevsk (text by Katya Sinelshchikova)
Also: Edge of Humanity, Vot-tak.tv, Athleta Magazine, Private, Broad, SEEN, Dodho, F-Stop, RTVi, S-T-O-L, Polit.ru, Kommersant, Nevskoe Vremya.