A new and comprehensive exhibition at ROSPHOTO (on view till June 18) presents the works by Victor Ilyin, a Kazakhstan and Saint Petersburg-based photographer of international renown, a prominent representative of Russian artistic photography. The display comprises 104 original gelatin silver prints which span over twenty seven years of the photographer’s creative work.

The oeuvre of Victor Ilyin stands out from the major trends in Saint Petersburg photography. You won’t find landmark city views in his works. His artistic world outlook was formed by the vast open spaces of Kazakhstan and Kirgizia, the places where he spent considerable part of his life. It was geography that influenced his oeuvre. Ilyin’s photographs rarely feature actions and events but we always see the earth and sky wide open in them. Apart from the landscapes, other important things for the photographer’s creative pursuit are the photo portraits which often depict his close ones.