Elliott Erwitt is probably the lightest classical photographer. Light as a sparrow – he liked to shoot on his unchangeable Leica Camera beach photos and dogs, cinema stars and someone’s legs in the streets, sun, sea and politicians...


Each shot is priceless, as the moments, captured by Erwitt, are pretty much like our own memory. When you look at the photos, you think of them as of your own album and you are right... You hear voices of Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller, t… more

City of Kings

New York. Dream city. Hopes destroyer city. City of the cities. A place where life is almost never interrupted by the war, and was always full of fun and business. City, where the beauty of the world does not interfere with the career heights...

Perhaps, there is no more cinematic space in the world nowadays then New York. All the segments of society feel free living here: notables, separated from the Old World, well-off high-class and proud middle-class and the residents of Manh… more

Having lived in Tbilisi and photographed in the Caucasus on and off for twenty years, Magnum Photographer Thomas Dworzak did a number of trips across the border to the Northcaucasus, Sochi and Abkhazia in the last two years. He was commissioned by National Geographic, trying to get a sense of the bigger picture of the region in view of the upcoming Olympic Winter games; The forgotten Circassians, the Cossack revival, Putin, the Olympic build up, the Islamic insurgency in Kabardino Balkaria, occ… more

POBEDA gallery GUM presents a new photo-project "The City of GUM”.

This year the GUM celebrates a double jubilee – 120 years from the opening of the Upper Trading Rows by Alexander Pomerantsev (finished in 1893) and 60 years older reopening of the GUM, as a State Department Store (1953).
The GUM lives a life of a perfect trading world as it was planned to and it seems that there were no collapses and loses during this 120 years. Store has retained all happiness and brightness t… more

Alexey Kiselev was born in Yekaterinburg in 1976 and has lived and worked in Moscow since 2004. He explains his career choice as suddenly deciding one day to become a photographer and spending his remaining money on a Zenit and Photoshop magazine.

The artist doesn't question the trustworthiness of the surroundings and focuses on the distinction between the abstract and intuitive. In this way he offers his audience a new manner of contemplation as well as exposing his own attitude to person… more

Eva Stenram was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and currently lives and works in London. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2003, Stenram has exhibited internationally; she has been included in shows at the V&A Museum (UK), Seoul Museum of Art (South Korea), Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum (India) and Zendai Museum of Modern Art (China). In 2012, Stenram was nominated for the Les Rencontres d’Arles Discovery Award, in 2013 she was selected as a finalist in the Hyeres I… more

A collection of photo-miniatures of Pobeda gallery is a world-opening through a small scale of the image. When small form is employed around the world, it allows to surface surprising depth and attenuation of connections between inside and outside.

Alexandra Catiere/France/Belarus. The emptiness dynamic, preceding or ensuing anything — the kids that shoot ladder recently, the quasi-station-buffet empty desk, the far bay bank, seen bacause of the ephemeral lights garland, the crowd nest… more

Mireille Loup will show her latest project “53.77” at Pobeda gallery. Mireille educated at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de la Photographie in Arles, France. She had 27 solo exhibitions over the Europe, 6 monographies and over 90 publications. Her works are consists in following collections: Metropolitain Museum (NY,USA), Museu da Imagem (Braga, Portugal) Mario Testino collection (Paris, France). The “53.77” was exhibited on the international festival of photography, Les… more

“Irin, I`ll see you in my dream”
Someone are constantly composing romantic tales with melancholy, another ones creating castles with a splendid feasts for the little princesses. Irina Polin acts naturally in both of these demiurges categories. She is permanently coexists with her tales without any limitation of this relation. Polin elevates the game as an artistic teghnique, building installations of all that is possible and of all that is not. She use collectible artifacts, fresh… more

Ilya Piganov is very famous among art community and does not need to be introduced, in spite of this he had not a large number of big solo exhibitions — this was his voluntary decision. There were two — Volume I at the State Tretyakov Gallery and at the Marble Palace in St-Petersburg in 1996 and Volume II at the Shchusev State Museum of Architecture in 2005. Both of them made media resonance: Volume I was a review of Moscow 90s, a kind of postmodernist collage, and the exhibition Vol… more

Ernest Goh
COCKS

14 December, 2012 through 31 January, 2013

In December POBEDA Gallery starts a new exhibition calendar with the project COCKS by Ernest Goh. The exhibition will be presented in a new gallery venue in GUM, Red Square 3.

Ernest Goh (b. 1979) is a Singapore photographer. He has a MA in Creative and Cultural Enterprise from Goldsmiths College, UK and is a member of the Institute of Contemporary Arts’ A-Frame Network, an initiative of the UK government’s Cultural Leadership P… more

Ira Bordo - NO RUSH21/09/2012 – 30/10/2012Something about the humanWe don’t praise a photographer for feeling the light as we don’t admire an actor for memorizing so well words from a script. Nevertheless, there are actors who make the words sound like their own and photographers who capture heavenly beautiful light the source of which we can only guess. Ira Bordo approaches the light confidently and bravely - like a child to a big dog – and tames it completely.In the ser… more

Evgeniy Nesterov was born in Moscow in 1957. In early 80’s he emigrated to the United States, where he undertook graduate studies at the University of California in Los Angeles; studied theory and practice of photography in the renown School of Photography F/64 in California. Founded in early 30’s of the last century, School F/64 formed and actively promoted “sharp-focus” approach to the subject, concentrating on the most precise, detailed images. Since 1986 Nesterov work… more

The 5th anniversary of Pobeda GalleryAlexey Kiselev. NOTHING SPECIAL5/04/2012 – 04/06/2012Five years ago occurred the opening of Pobeda Gallery, one of the first professional photo galleries of Moscow. Ellen von Unwerth, a legend in the world of fashion photography, became the first photographer whose works had been presented at the gallery in the spring of 2007.Having set the bar high by the first exhibition, Pobeda Gallery over 5 years doesn’t leave the planned way, introducing its… more

Thomas Dworzak «KAVKAZ»2/03/2012 – 1/04/2012Private view, presentation of the book and autograph sessionPOBEDA Gallery is proud to present the solo show of Thomas Dworzak, documentary photographer and member of Magnum Photos.…It’s a delight to live in a place like this. Every fibre of my body tingles with joy. The air is pure and fresh, as the kiss of a child, the sun is bright, the sky is blue – what more can one want? What need have we here o… more

Sergey Sonin & Elena Samorodova | Egyptian pack. Part one25 January — 29 February 2012«Egyptian pack» evokes many associations - here are both Petersburgers favorite topic of werewolves (see the movie of E. Yufit «Corpsmen werewolves») and references to the Perm animal style.Also we can recall British film «The Wicker Man» (1973) with its ritual procession of the man-beasts, however Sonin himself watched it when the work on the first part was about t… more

Henry Leutwyler «Neverland Lost - A portrait of Michael Jackson»Henry Leutwyler's book «NEVERLAND LOST - A Portrait of Michael Jackson» has been published by Steidl.Photographer Henry Leutwyler will personally open an exhibition on which will be represented a series of works “Neverland Lost – A portrait of Michael Jackson”. Pictures of personal things and scenic suits of the legendary king of pop music of Michael Jackson have been made on the thresh… more

Nick Veasey. «THROUGH»People tend to judge things superficially - both literally and figuratively speaking. "I want to challenge the reflectory perception of the external reality" - says British photographer Nick Veasey. His works do always stand out. He seems to be trying to penetrate into the essence of things. X-ray is generally associated with medicine, safety systems and scientific researches. To Veasey X-Ray serves as a tool for creating artistic images. X--rays show… more

JULIA KISSINA“Against politics" “Against politics" is part of the work in progress , “Metaphysics against apolitics”.The topic behind the photo series, depicting the paws of cats and the butts of dogs, is the classical portrait. The project refers to hidden messages, iconostasis, the hall of fame, the secret doctrine, Vanity Fair, the textbook, conspiracy theory, ratings from the yellow press, and key figures of culture and politics of the ХХ century… more

Natura MortaPobeda Gallery is proud to present its new project Natura Morta, which unites the works of seven Russian and American photographers on the basis of still life genre. The authors are Jefferson Hayman, Paulette Tavormina, Charles Grogg, Michael Huey, Irina Polin, Vadim Gushchin, Aleksei Kiselev.According to Charles Grogg, commenting on his early still life pictures of flowers, inanimate objects give a rare opportunity to run prolonged technical experiments that are usually related to … more

Baron Wolman | THE ROLLING STONE YEARS13 May — 22 June 2011POBEDA Gallery and Marketing Communication Agency TBD Group are proud to present the solo show of Baron Wolman. This is the first time the well-known photojournalist, famous for being the first chief photographer of the Rolling Stone magazine, brings his works to Russia. Highlighting the exhibit are Wolman’s limited edition prints of his best known photographs as well as original contact sheets and all the vintage magazines h… more

The Fourth Height + URS BIGLER. THE CROWNPOBEDA Gallery is proud to present a new project by The Fourth Height art group – The Crown. The group consists of three Russian artists: Dina Kim, Katya Kameneva and Gala Smirnskaya. Since the nineties it is reckoned as a part of Moscow conceptualist circle.Artists define their own style as “multicultural trash-dreaming” as their work reflect mass cul ture through irony and fantasy. Raising post-War and feminist issues through the aesth… more

POBEDA Gallery is proud to present a new project — “Face to Face” — the first exhibition of Georgian photography ever to take place in Moscow. It includes works of 6 authors: Guia Chkhatarashvili, Beso Uznadze, David Meskhi, Guram Tsibakhashvili, Irina Abzhandadze and Yuri Mechitov.Curator of the project Nestan Nizharadze was born and raised in Tbilisi. Educated as a journalist, Nestan curated numerous projects (such as Michael Kenna’s exhibitions in Tbilisi, georgi… more

Charles Thompson is an editorial and art photographer whose work has appeared in L’Officiel, Vogue, Esquire, Elle Décor, Town & Country, The New York Times, and elsewhere. He began his career in photography at Colors Magazine, the influential anthropology and photography magazine published by Benetton, where he was executive editor. He lives between New York and Moscow with his wife Olya, a Russian native, and their four children. This is his first exhibit in Russia.“The f… more

SANDRA KANTANEN. LANDSCAPES23 October– 10 DecemberPOBEDA Gallery is proud to present first solo-show of Sandra Kantanen, the brightest representative of Helsinki school of Photography. The project “LANDSCAPES” includes series created during photographer’s travelling in Japan, China, Finland, etc. Sandra Kantanen is the graduatee of the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. Helsinki school is famous for its recognizable aesthetics, unorthodox approach to teaching, call… more

JULIA KISSINA. SHADOWS CAST PEOPLE
9 September – 20 October

POBEDA Gallery is proud to present new series of Julia Kissina “Shadows cast people”.
The project was shown at Paris Photo, VOLTA6 and will be a part of Pobeda Gallery presentation at ART-MOSCOW art fair.

Julia Kissina’s new photographic series Shadows Cast People is built on a single device: at one and the same time, namely on a sunny afternoon at five or six p.m., from one and the same point, usually a bal… more

...And once whilst breaking through the layers
of understanding
during the immersion into the essential
i recognised myself and the world, as if through a mirror
and the rest, rest, rest...

V. Nabokov



Alexandra Catiere. «ММХ». 29 June – 30 August.

Alexandra Catiere was born in 1978 in Minsk, Belarus. She fell in love with photograhy while studying at Minsk state linguistic university. In 2003, under the influence of her art guru, famous soviet artist… more

Alexey Titarenko. Black and White Saint-Petersburg, the display of undeveloped.
8th of April – 26th of June 2010

The project is a part of Moscow Photographic Biennale 2010.
 
“The display of undeveloped” – is a special project of Pobeda gallery created to represent to moscovites the photography of an artist Alexey Titarenko, who’s works with classic technologies and modernists black and white photography are well-known all over the world. This is one of the v… more