MNM 2026 | Photo Volunteer

Background Context My journey into photography began in my 3rd Year, starting with the course «Studio Photography: A Complete Practical Course on Portraiture» taught by Andrey Rogozin. After completing the course, I sought advice from the instructor, and he always responded, «If you like contrast and color—try it. Do it.» — said Andrey Rogozin. I did it, I tried, I made mistakes. I then continued my photographic education with a genius of documentary photography: Igor Mukhin. This course allowed me to view photojournalism not just as «capturing a moment, ” but also as an opportunity for communication and applying artistic photographic techniques beyond the studio. With Igor Mukhin, I „instinctively learned“ to shoot from the side, learned to think, to wait, to search, to shoot a lot, and to present successful shots to the world with quality. Quality over quantity. My project’s mission is to showcase Moscow Fashion Week through the lens of a Design School student and to find new perspectives on classic photojournalism. The goal is to learn how to prioritize quality over quantity. A secondary mission of the project is to demonstrate that photojournalism can be vibrant and utilize contrasting processing, rather than sticking to the usual clean classic color or black and white.