Dmitry Ermakov, born 1978 in Moscow, Russia. Lived in St. Petersburg in 2013−19, now lives in Moscow again.
In his stories, Dmitry deals with cultural codes of people and communities, exploring the themes of ancient and modern myths hat exist in the minds of people. Engaged in photo projects related to nature and ecology, exploring the evolution of society and post-industrial culture.
Dmitry was educated as an aviation engineer in MATI, Moscow. Has a diploma of Moscow State Linguistic University (Moscow) for translation from English into Russian. Graduated from the Fotografika Academy of documentary photography in St. Petersburg.
Worked as a writing journalist in 2004−13, then moved to visual journalism. Collaborated with Russian and international media (BBC Russia, Russian Reporter, Russia Beyond, Regnum, etc.), made photo & video reports for news agencies as well as for Greenpeace, the Government of Moscow, etc. Since 2017 he works on post-documentary photo projects.
Awards
2019
Photometria (shortlist)
2017
Eastreet 4 (finalist)
Down By The River (shortlist)
Group exhibitions
2019
OFF Bratislava (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Environmenta (Rome, Italy)
Motion (Budapest, Hungary)
2018
Memory Card (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Borders (St. Petersburg, Russia)
2017
Eastreet 4 (Lublin, Poland and then worldwide)
Down By The River (Iserlohn, Germany)
2016
Actual Udmurtia (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
2015
Actual Udmurtia (Moscow, Russia)
Selected publications
Roads and Kingdoms, BBC Russia, Venjaseura, Dodho, Russia Beyond, Regnum, Snob, Kommersant, Polit.ru, National Accent, National Geographic Russia.