Short Biography

— Born on 1 October 1946 in Krasny Liman, Ukraine
— Got the first camera in 1958, started doing photography straight after
— From 1961 to 1965 studied in Slavyanskiy technical college
— Soviet army since 1965 to 1968 (Tbilisi, Yerevan)
— From 1969 to 1974 - studied in Kharkov Polytechnical Institute
— 1979-1985 - studied in Saint Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts
— In 1974-1976 started a famous art group "Vremya group" ("Time") in Kharkov
— From 1971 to 1985 worked as a correspondent for "TASS", "Evening Kharkov", "Red Flag", Kharkov advertising combine
— In 1990-1993 together with Aleksandr Maziuk opens up the first USSR private gallery in Tallinn, Estonia - "MRK"
— From 1994 to 2001 - managing director of the stock photo agency - "Rupincom"
— Died in Vilnius, Lithuania aged 62