You must look at this photographer

[raydm6]

Some great shots of Titarenko working in his New York studio by Ted Forbes:

Alexey Titarenko | Ted Forbes

Alexey Titarenko is probably the most well known Russian photographer in the art world today. Alexey's most visible work, City of Shadows, documents the profound social changes following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990's. I first came across Alexey's work in 2007 when I was...

tedforbes.com

 

[neal3k]

I'm glad this thread has come back. I'm really enjoying clicking my way through all of these.

 

[raydm6]

The link in this post #16 is broken, but I found the new link - live page:

Alexey Titarenko | LensCulture

ALEXEY TITARENKO 1962 Born in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia 1977-1978 Studied photojournalism and photography at the Public University of Society-Related Professions, Leningrad 1978 Become member of “Zerkalo” (Mirror) photoclub 1983 Received Master of Fine Arts degree from the...

www.lensculture.com

Looks like they added an "a" in the link URL to his last name (I am guessing to differentiate) because there is also a "Filip Titarenko" profiled in their pages now.

 

[Out to Lunch]

I understand the interest in his work some 30 years ago since the collapse of the Soviet Union was an enigma to most. In today's world, most of us are interested in other things. Cheers, OtL.

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

My interest in his work has nothing to do with the collapse of the Soviet Union. My interest is in his use of long exposures with crowds of people.

In the last year I’ve been doing a lot of long exposures; mostly at the beach and rocky coastline. When I saw what Alexey Titarenko did with long exposures and people in the city I was immediately fascinated, after all I live in a place that has plenty of crowds in the city. I’ll take my inspiration from anyplace I can get it!

All the best,
Mike