Alexey was born in 1980 in Chelyabinsk, in the former USSR. He studied Photography and Time Based Media at the State University of Culture and Arts in Saint Petersburg. In 2003 he moved to Italy and started working as a cameraman for a television company. In 2005 he joined Prospekt.
His work has taken him through Europe, and more frequently to Russia, where Alexey is currently based, and the countries of former USSR. Here covered stories in Russia, Crimea, Azerbaijan, South Ossetia, and since two years he is working on the long-term project focused on the communities living in the Eco-Villages in Russia.
His work has appeared in publications including Marie Clair, Courrier International, National Geographic, Russian Reporter, IL-Sole24Ore magazine, D Repubblica delle Donne, l’Espresso.
His work has been exhibited at OpenMind Gallery, Milan 2009; Triennale Museum, Milan 2010; and at Museo della Resistenza, Turin 2010.
Photo: Courtesy of Gueorgui Pinkhassov
ALEXANDROVKA
by Alexey Pivovarov. Alexandrovka, Cheliabinsk region, Russia. 2009 – 2010. Eco-villages are small communities organized by people that decided to leave the big cities, searching for a new esistential and spiritual dimension of life. Respecting the Nature, far from the … Continue reading
ROME, TOUR D’ITALIE
by Alexey Pivovarov. An italian overview seen by a Russian photographer’s eye. Rome chapter. 2007. photo gallery
MILAN, TOUR D’ITALIE
by Alexey Pivovarov. An italian overview seen by a Russian photographer’s eye. Milan chapter. 2006. Glossy and dynamic, the Italian capital of fashion today hides the ambiguous appearance of a metropolitan dream. An identity uneasy to pin down. City of … Continue reading
Multimedia
ALEXANDROVKA – MULTIMEDIA
by Alexey Pivovarov. Alexandrovka, Cheliabinsk region, Russia. 2009-2010. Eco-villages are small communities organized by people that decided to leave the big cities, searching for a new esistential and spiritual dimension of life. Respecting the Nature, far from the rithms and … Continue reading