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  Main information:   Vova Pomortzeff was born on July 23, 1974, in Sverdlovsk, USSR. He graduated from the Urals State Academy of Architecture and Arts in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
He has lived and worked in Prague, Czech Republic, for last thirteen
years.

The member of the Union of Journalists of Russia.
  E-mail:   info@pomortzeff.com
  Awards:
 
  Special Jury Prize of the Russian competition of wildlife photographers The Golden Turtle (2012). Shortlist of the Sport category in the international competition Sony World Photography Awards (2011). Winner of the Russian national annual open photo project The Best of Russia (2011). Shortlist of the Russian national photo award The Best Photographer (2011). First place in the Sport category of the Russian national competition of the Foundation of Photojournalism Development FRF 2009 Award (2010). Grand prix of the Second Russian festival of travel photography PhotoTravel (2010). Finalist of the Russian national photo award The Best Photographer (2010). Finalist of the international competition Wildlife Photographer of the Year (2009). Special Jury Prize and Audience Sympathy Prize of the Russian competition of wildlife photographers The Golden Turtle (2009). Second prize winner of the US annual competition of the The National Wildlife Federation (2008).
  Exhibitions:
 
  Exhibition of the winners of the Russian competition of wildlife photographers The Golden Turtle, Moscow, Saint Petersburg and other places (2012). Retrospective exhibition The Golden Turtle. The First Five Years. Vernadsky Geological Museum, Moscow (2012). Exhibition The Archaeological Treasures of the Hermitage, Alicante Archaeological Museum, Spain (2011). Exhibition The Best Photographer 2011. The Reflection of the Reality, Fotoforum, Moscow (2011). Exhibition of the 365 best photographs of Russia of the year The Best of Russia, Vinzavod, Moscow (2011). Exhibition of the best photographs of the year Czech Press Photo, Staroměstská radnice, Prague (2010). Exhibition 'Prague by Eyes of Russian Photographers', the Czech Cultural Centre, Moscow (2010). Exhibition of the winners of the Russian competition of wildlife photographers The Golden Turtle, Moscow and other places (2009). Exhibition of the best photographs of the year Czech Press Photo, Staroměstská radnice, Prague (2007).
  Publications:

 
  Guide books Lonely Planet, Rough Guide, Footprint; newspapers The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, London Evening Standard, Izvestia, Kommersant, Vedomosti, Novaya Gazeta, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Trud, Argumenty i Fakty, Moskovsky Komsomolets; magazines Lidé a Země, Týden, Itogi, Russky Reporter, Profil, Vokrug Sveta, Yuny Naturalist, Vsemirny Sledopyt, Snob, TimeOut Moscow, Bravo, Cosmopolitan, Reader's Digest and others.
  Shot countries:

 
  Austria, Armenia, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vatican, United Kingdom.
Copyright © 2007 Natalia Balukhina, photo