3rd place
bronze star award
Dmitry Polkanov
russian federation
title
Under the Black Sun
The images I create don't tell stories. They are silent. The viewer should feel them. Feelings don't take words.
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entry description
Photographs were taken in my studio near St. Petersburg during 2020. All body painting was done by me (for some photographs - with an assistant).The images I create don't tell stories. They are silent. The viewer should feel them. Feelings don't take words.
about the photographer
Dmitry Shad (real name — Dmitry Polkanov) is a photographer and body painting artist who specializes in conceptual portraiture. He was born in St. Petersburg in 1982. He graduated medical academy and have been practicing medicine since then. Working as a doctor, he tried to find himself in playing the electric guitar in a band, in keeping exotic animals, in motorcycle racing. And as a result, he came to his real passion — photography. He went through a long training with various photographers, built a small studio in his apartment and started to create his demons.back to gallery