Igor Vladimirovich Mukhin (; born 19 November 1961), also known as Igor Vladimirovich Moukhin, is a Russian photographer. He was a member of the

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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.EtoDay
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rock musicians. In 1987, Mukhin had his first personal exhibition at the

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. Since 1989 he has been working as an independent photographer. Mukhin is known for his photographs of Soviet rock musicians of the

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period, including

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, and Petr Mamonov. 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

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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. In 1999, Mukhin received a grant from the Paris Mayor's office to work on a project titled "Lovers in Paris" sponsored by FNAC (

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) and the French Committee to commemorate the year 2000. Mukhin usually uses rangefinder cameras including the

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and black and white film. His work has been published in many Russian magazines and in foreign editions such as ''

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'', ''

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'' among others. In 2018 Mukhin became a member of the

street photography collective.

Publications

*''Avoir 20 ans a Moscou.'' Paris: Editions Alternatives, 1998. . Text by G. Saffrais. *''Igor Moukhine.'' Paris: Carre Noir; Moscow:

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, 2000. Text by Olga Sviblova. *''Wien Вена Vienna'' = ''Константин Бохоров.'' Вена, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, 2004. Text by Peter Weiermair. *''Igor Moukhin.''

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, Fort Collins, USA: Hatton Gallery, 2004. Text by A. D. Coleman. *''Рожденные в СССР = Born in the USSR.'' Moscow: L. Gusev, 2005. Text by Ekaterina Degot and Steve Yates. Edition of 2000 copies. **Second edition. 2016. *''My Moscow'' **''My Moscow.'' Schilt Publishing, 2012. **''Mein Moskau: Fotografien 1985–2010''. Bern: Benteli, 2012. . *2012: ''Igor Moukhin. Photographies 1987–2011.'' Paris: Éditions Loco, 2012. . Text by Christian Gattinoni and Bahia Allouache.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* 1995 ''Vision of Russia''. Naarden Fotofestival, Grote Kerk, Naarden, Netherlands. * 1996 ''Life in the City''.

Latvian Museum of Photography The Latvian Museum of Photography is the only memory institution in Latvia dedicated to the medium of photography. The museum offers a full range of research opportunities, including the collection, archives and library. In 1993, the museum wa ...

, Riga, Latvia. * 1997 ''Soviet Epoch: Benches and Monuments''. Photohouse, Riga, Latvia. * 1998 ''Moscou la Jenne''. Bibliothèque Elsa-Triolet, Pantin, France. * 1999 ''Igor Moukhin''. Galerie Carre Noir, Paris, France. * 2000 ''La jeunesse a Paris''. (Mois de la photo a Paris 2000), Galerie Carre Noir, Paris. * 2001 ''Москва Light''. Moscow. * 2002 ''Moscow''. International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China. * 2002 ''Moscou — Paris''.

, Moscow,

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(2003). * 2003 ''Moskauer Jugent im 3. Jahrtausent''. Moskauer Tage in Berlin,

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, Berlin. * 2003 ''Contemporary Moscow Photography''. Anahita Gallery, Santa Fe, USA. * 2003 ''Wien – Moscow''. Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna. * 2004 ''I.Moukhin. Contemporary Russian Photography''. The Camera Obskura Gallery, Denver, USA. * 2004 ''I.Moukhin: Visions of Contemporary Russia''. Hatton Gallery,

, Fort Collins, USA. * 2004 ''Generation next''. Auditorium parco della musica. Festival Russo, Rome. * 2008 ''Igor Moukhin'',

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, Sweden. * 2008 ''Igor Moukhin'', CM ART, Paris * 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. * 2021 ''Génération Underground'', Polka Galerie, Paris, France. * 2022 ''Generations, From the USSR to the New Russia'', House of Photography Robert Doisneau, Paris, France.

Group exhibitions

* 1991: ''Changing Reality.''

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, Washington D. C. * 1997: ''From the collection.''

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, Paris. * 1998: ''Photography from the collection.''

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, New York. * 1999: ''After the wall.''

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, Stockholm;

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, Budapest; National Galleries im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. * 2002: ''Давай! Russian Art now.'' Postfuhramt, Berlin; travelling MAK, Wien. * 2002: ''Idea Photographic: After Modernism.''

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, New Mexico. * 2007: ''Sots Art. Political Art in Russia from 1972 to today.''

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Moscow, La Maison Rouge, Paris. * 2010: ''The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today.''

. * 2010: ''Photographie de la nouvelle Russie 1990–2010.'' Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris.

Sources

"Private – International review of photographs" No. 35 (winter 2006–07) Italy
* "Young at Heart" ''Alexander Osipovich'' "The Moscow Times", 19 August 2005

* Teri Thomson Randall. "Photos from Moscow Igor Moukhin". "Pasatiempo. The New Mexicans Weekly Magazine of Arts", 18–24 April 2003 г. p. 46–47 * Matthias Echterhagen. "Zwischen Hast und Stillstand". газета "Die Tageszeitung" 9 July 2003 * Olga Gourko. "The Desire to be Seen". "Aperture". USA, 2002, No. 167, p. 68–69 * Michel Guerrin. "Portraits de villes, portraits de soi". "Le Monde". 1999, 1 Mars * "Russia in Focus" ''Howie Movshovitz'',"The Denver Post" 11 August 1997 * Art Journal, 1994 Vol. 53 No. 2 USA * "Spring Benches at the XL Gallery" ''Olga Listsova''. "The Moscow Tribune" 1994

References

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