Maria Plotnikova
Photographer / Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Born in 1984 in Moscow. Studied philology in Moscow State Pedagogical University. During the studies I started working as a photographer, gradually led to my favorite genre, the sports photography. In 2006 - 2010 I worked as a sports photographer in the various media of Moscow (“Izvestia”, “Novaya Gazeta”, TASS, “Sport day by day”). In 2007 graduated from the annual photojournalism course at Moscow State University. The result of this work in sports photography were different awards in Russian contests of photojournalism. In 2010 my husband and I moved to Buenos Aires, than to Sao Paulo, Bazil. In Latin America, I became a freelance artist and interested in the genre of street photography. Since 2012 I’m a member of the international collective Street Photographers http://www.street-photographers.com/ and the collective Momentum http://momentumstreet.com/.
Exibitions:
2013 “Football fans”, PhotoVisa international festival, Krasnodar, Russia, personal
2013 “Little man”, Tbilisi Photo Festival, Georgia
2013 “Buenos Aires”, Boston and New York, The Fence Festival
2012 “Fútbol, pasion de multitudes” (Football, passion of the millions), Buenos Aires, Festival de la Luz (Festival of Light), personal
2012 “Pasión carnavalesca” (Carnival passion), Buenos Aires, Festival de la Luz(Festival of Light), personal
2012 “Despedida del Titán”, La Rioja, Argentina, Festival of Light, personal
2012 Russia Street photography festival, Moscow, Rostov-na-Donu, Krasnodar, group exibition
Awards
2013 finalist of Vilnius Photo Circle Festival (Competition “Homework 2013″) with the series “Hinchada” http://www.pressphoto.lt/photocircle/2013/10/23/competition-homework-2013-theme-community-finalists/
2013 finalist of Miami Street Photography Festival
2013 finalist of The Fence Festival in the category "street" with the series "Buenos Aires"
2012 winner of the International portfolio review of Festival of Light in Buenos Aires with the series “Marathon”
2012 finalist for the International Fine Art Photography Awards 2012