Hi, I’m Kristina!
I was born in 1988 in Voronezh, Russia. Photography has been a big part of my life for many years. I started working as a commercial photographer back in 2010, and a few years later I moved into photojournalism, working for a regional newspaper and collaborating with different media in Russia and abroad.
I studied photography in Saint Petersburg, where I took part in several long-term courses and summer schools focused on documentary photography and visual storytelling. These years shaped the way I see the world and taught me how to notice real moments, emotions, and small details that often matter the most.
From 2016 I worked as a freelance photojournalist, and my work was published in Russian and international media. I also took part in various photography contests and festivals, had two personal and many group exhibitions and became a winner of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest.
At the end of 2021, I took a short pause in my career when my son was born. In 2023, our family moved to Porto, Portugal, and I returned to photography — this time with a new focus on family photography.
Today I mostly work with families in Porto, but I’m happy to travel to other cities in the north of Portugal, like Espinho, Braga, or Aveiro. I love turning everyday moments into memories you’ll want to come back to again and again.
My background in photojournalism helps me work quickly and naturally, so you can just enjoy your time together while I quietly capture your story.
Selected Awards
2022 — Shortlisted for “Argus. Photography among the Arts” (2022)
2020 — short-list of the Photovisa competition (Krasnodar)
2019 — Finalist of Young Russian photographers competition
2017 — Finalist of Baltic biennial of photography
2016 — Grand-prix of the “Without barriers” contest
2015 — Winner of The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest (single entry in “Sport” and series in “Contemporary Issues” nominations)
2015 — Finalist of “Dots on map. Small towns of Russian province” competition
2014 — Finalist of “Vilnius Photo Circle” festival contest’s “Homework”
2013 — Award for the best debut in journalism in Voronezh Region
Selected Exibitions & Screenings
2022 — participant of the exhibition “Reading the City” (Voronezh, Russia)
2019 — personal exhibition “On the Galichya Gora” (Voronezh, Russia)
2018 — group exibition “Young Russian photographers” (Moscow, Russia)
2017 — personal exhibition “Plus One” (Voronezh, Russia)
2015 — group exibition and screening of The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest winners (Moscow, Sochi, Istanbul)
2015 — screening at Yangon Photo Festival (Myanmar/Burma)
2014 — group exibition & screening “Vilnius Photo Circle” festival (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2014 — group exibition “Institute.Production” (Kazan, Russia)
2013 — group exibition “Photographers of Voronezh Region” (Voronezh, Russia)
Education
2017-2018 — School for artists (Voronezh Center of Modern Arts)
2016-2017 — The Academy of Documentary and Art Photography FOTOGRAFIKA
July 2014 — Russian Reporter Summer School (Class of Andrei Polikanov and Tatiana Plotnikova)
2013-2015 — Photography as a research (Classes of Mikhail Domozhilov & Jana Romanova, Fotodepartament.Institute)
May 2013 — Sergey Maximishin’s workshop “Photography in the magazine”
2007-2009 — Photostudio studies
2005-2010 — Voronezh State Technical University
