Pastoral by Alexander Gronsky

Pastoral

Daily Life, third prize stories

March 1, 2009

Moscow, Russia People in Moscow relax in rural patches within the city’s suburban sprawl.

Commissioned by: Photographer.ru

Photo Credit: Alexander Gronsky

Alexander Gronsky was born in Tallinn, Estonia in 1980 and began working as a press photographer in 1998. He gradually moved from editorial photography to working on personal documentary projects focusing on the contemporary Russian landscape.

He has won numerous awards, including the 2011 Prix Levallois-Epson, the 2012 Foam Paul Huf Award, the 2010 Silver Camera Grand Prix, Moscow, the 2009 Critical Mass Top 50, the 2009 Aperture Portfolio Prize, and the 2009 Linhof Young Photographer Award. His work has been presented in solo exhibitions in Moscow, Paris, New York, Amsterdam, Bogota, and Levallois, France, as well as in group exhibitions. He was a participant in the 2003 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass.

Gronsky is based in Riga, Latvia and is represented by Gallery.Photographer.ru.