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A series of photos Andrey Lomakin: Calm Waters

Year: від 2005

Place: Ukraine

Andrey Lomakin: Calm Waters A ten-year-old boy was drowning. Fear had already left him. The green strands of water weed flowed before his eyes. The sun was at its zenith, its rays piercing the water. The water current covered him and hugged him gently to the depth. It was warm and peaceful... Andrey Lomakin (1974, Pripyat) — Ukrainian photographer. In 1999 graduated from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute on the faculty of electronic engineering. Practices mixed martial arts, gave up sports because of traumas. Worked as a photographer at a sport magazine. Since 2008 till 2014 was a staff photographer of Tyzhden magazine. In 2014 starts switches to his personal freelance projects. They are aimed at the research of the social landscape of Ukraine, combining documentary photography and working with archives (Forgotten Victories, Two Lives). Winner of “Photographer of the Year” grand-prix (2017) for the Amulet series (2015), and Allard Prize for Maidan Revolt (2014). (andlomakin.com)

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