Igor Vladimirovich Mukhin (Russian: И́горь Влади́мирович Му́хин; born 19 November 1961), also known as Igor Vladimirovich Moukhin, is a Russian photographer.[1] He was a member of the In-Public street photography collective.
Biography
After graduating from college, Mukhin worked in a project institute. From 1985 to 1986 he attended classes at the studio of prominent Moscow photographer, Alexander Lapin.[2] He later spent several years working with samizdat rock musicians.[3]
In 1987, Mukhin had his first personal exhibition at the Moscow State University. Since 1989 he has been working as an independent photographer.
Mukhin is known for his photographs of Soviet rock musicians of the perestroika period,[4][5] including Viktor Tsoi, Boris Grebenshchikov, and Petr Mamonov.[6] His projects have included The Soviet Monuments, The Soviet Bench, Fragments of Evident Propaganda, The Soviet Children's Playgrounds, Night Moscow, Girls, Moscow in Winter: Heavy Breath of Winter and The Province. The Nizhniy Novgorod vacation. Some of the photographs from these projects were shown at the Tretyakov gallery and La Maison Rouge in Paris in 2007. In the mid-1990s, Mukhin worked on documentary projects about Moscow and provincial Russia.
In 1996, he was a guest speaker at the international festival InterFoto in Moscow.[7][8] In 1999, Mukhin received a grant from the Paris Mayor's office to work on a project titled "Lovers in Paris" sponsored by FNAC (Fonds national d'art contemporain) and the French Committee to commemorate the year 2000.[2]
Mukhin usually uses rangefinder cameras including the Leica M6 and black and white film.
2012 La mia Mosca. Festival Fotografia Europea 2012. San Pietro Cloisters. Reggio Emilia, Italy.
2013 Rétrospective La Russie d'Igor Moukhin, photographies de 1987 à 2012. Grand Réservoir de L'Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicètre. Festival RussenKo 2013, France.
