Markov Dmitry: Russian realities in photos

In the photographs in the Instagram, Dmitry Markov shows people what the real life of the Russian outback looks like, paying special attention to the problem of orphans.

Reality through the eyes of the photographer

Markov Dmitry is a documentary photographer. He is engaged in the publication of photographs taken primarily on a mobile phone, in Instagram. Plots for each photo he takes from his volunteer work. They can be seen stories of dysfunctional families, orphans, living in boarding homes, people who are below the poverty line, etc.

Until 2006, Markov worked as a journalist and then as an assistant tutor in a settlement for orphans. In 2005, he became interested in photography. He studied with the famous photographer Alexander Lapin, and in parallel helped in the social adaptation of the graduates of the boarding school for the mentally retarded. Periodically doing test snapshots of teenagers, he decided that you need to create a photo story about them. This was necessary first of all in order to attract sponsors.

Dmitry Markov is a photographer who repeatedly provided gratuitous assistance to the Pskov charitable organization Rostok. He helped crisis families, being a member of the Charity Fund "Volunteers to help orphans."

Over time, Dmitri Markov became popular outside the Pskov region. His photo reports began to appear on the website of the Pskov Information Agency and the Russian reporter. He also is engaged in documentary photography for the editorial office "Such cases". His publications can be read in a lively journal by Ilya Varlamov.

Achievements of the photographer

Getty Images provides support to photographers who use their account in Instagram to show the world how life is going on in different parts of the globe. In 2015 Dmitry Markov got the honor to receive a grant in the amount of 10 thousand dollars. He promised his fans that this money would help him expand the geography of the filming.

Photo taken at the railway station of Pskov, appeared in the metro
New York thanks to Apple's "One Night on the iPhone 7" campaign. The project started on November 5, 2016. During the week Markov Dmitry traveled around Pskov and its environs and photographed everything interesting from what he saw before his eyes.

An uneasy task is to take interesting and high-quality photos on your smartphone every day. Markov Dmitry takes pictures and a professional camera. Instagram he uses because of the ability to quickly share photos with subscribers, which he has already more than 190 thousand.

Conclusion

The main inspiration of the photographer is everyday life, a real world, which many people pass by without noticing.