Airplane – amphibia with vertical take-off VVA14. The USSR built only two of them in 1976, one of which has crashed during transportation. Russia, Moscow area aus der Serie I from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Former residential buildings in a deserted polar scientific town specialised on biological research. Russia, Komi Republic aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 12 + 1 AP 40 x 50 cm
Tropospheric antenna in the north of Russia – the type of connection which has become obsolete. There were many of them built in far North, all of them deserted at the moment. Russia, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Former mining town which has been closed and made a bombing trial field. The building on the photo shows the cultural center, one of the objects for bombing. Russia, Komi Republic aus der Serie I from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Pumpjacks on a spent oil field. Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
A city where rocket engines were being produced in Soviet times. Was a closed city until 1992. Russia, Dzerzhinsky city aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Screen for biological defence against radar radiation. Kazakhstan, Karaganda region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 12 + 1 AP 40 x 50 cm
Deserted observatory. Kazakhstan, Almaty region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Water contamination test at the lake around the previously closed scientific city Chelyabinsk-40. In 1957 there was the first nuclear catastrophe, one of the largest in history and equal in scale to Chernobyl, but it stayed secret. The city is surrounded by the lakes which are until now contaminated with radiation. Russia, Chelyabinsk region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 12 + 1 AP 40 x 50 cm
Test bench for missiles. Kazakhstan, Kyzylorda Region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Former military base on an island, with an underground bunker. Russia, Leningrad region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 12 + 1 AP 40 x 50 cm
The world's largest diesel submarine. Russia, Samara region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Landmark in the area of test underground explosions. Kazakhstan, Pavlodar Region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 12 + 1 AP 40 x 50 cm
Antenna built for interplanetary connection. The Soviet Union was planning to build bases on other planets, and prepared facilities for connection which were never used and are deserted now. Russia, Arkhangelsk region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Secret city Chelyabinsk-40, which was not marked on the maps until 1957. The first Soviet nuclear bomb was created there. In 1964 there was the first nuclear catastrophe, one of the largest in history and equal in scale to Chernobyl. It stayed secret thanks to the fact that wind was blowing east. It is still impossible to enter the city unless one has special permission or relatives living there. Russia, Chelyabinsk region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Stages of the space rockets. Kazakhstan, Kyzylorda region aus der Serie I from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Boiler house of a closed aerodrome. Kazakhstan, Karaganda region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 12 + 1 AP 40 x 50 cm
Headquarters of Communist Party. Bulgaria, Yugoiztochen region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Waste storage of rocket fuel. Russia, Republic of Komi aus der Serie I from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Hangar at the former firing field for biological weapons. Kazakhstan, Akmola region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Antenna for interception of signals. Russia, Samara region aus der Serie I from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Coal processing plant. Russia, Komi Republic aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 12 + 1 AP 40 x 50 cm
Sarcophagus over a closed shaft which is 4 km deep – was one of the deepest scientific shafts in the world at the time. Russia, Murmansk region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Water intake. Russia, Tatarstan republic aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 12 + 1 AP 40 x 50 cm
Excavator on a closed quarry. Russia, Moscow region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Ruins of experimental laser system “ZET”. Kazakhstan, Karaganda region aus der Serie I from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Ground station for spacecraft control. Kazakhstan, Karaganda region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 12 + 1 AP 40 x 50 cm
Scientific storage at far North. Russia, Komi republic aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Deserted observatory located in the area with the best conditions for space observations. Kazakhstan, Almaty region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 12 + 1 AP 40 x 50 cm
Part of an unfinished space port. Kazakhstan, Kyzylorda region aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
Monument to the Conquerors of Space. The rocket on top was made according to the design of German V-2 missile. Russia, Moscow aus der Serie I from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
”Bulgaria" ship lifted from underwater, 122 people drowned on it. Russia, Tatarstan republic aus der Serie | from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 12 + 1 AP 40 x 50 cm
Memorial on a deserted nuclear station. Russia, Voronezh region aus der Serie I from the series »Restricted Areas« Archival pigment print Ed. 6 + 1 AP 72 x 90 cm
aus der Serie | from the series »Motherland «, 2017
Archival Pigment Print
Ed. 3/9 + 2 AP
96 x 120 cm
aus der Serie | from the series »Motherland«, 2017
Ed. 2/9 + 2 AP
Ed. 2/12 + 2 AP
30 x 37,5 cm
Ed. 4/12 + 2 AP
50 x 62,5 cm
Ed. 3/12 + 2 AP
DANILA TKACHENKO (*1989 in Moskau | Moscow, RU), lebt und arbeitet in Russland | lives and works in Russia.
Ausbildung | Education
2011-2014 Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia, Moskau | Moscow, RU
2009 – 2010 School of photojournalism »News«, Moskau | Moscow, RU Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl) | Solo Shows (selected)
2018 »Motherland«, Fotografia Europea festival, Regio Emilia, IT »Lost Horizon«, Zamek Culture Center in Posen | Poznan, PL
2017 »Motherland«, Kehrer Galerie, Berlin, DE »Ritual«, Galeria del Cembalo, Rom | Rome, IT »Lost Horizon«, Pechersky Gallery, Moskau | Moscow, RU »The Big Unknown«, Almanaque Gallery, Mexico City, MX
2016 »Restricted Areas«, Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin, DE »Restricted Areas«, Skopia Art contemorain, Geneve, CH »Restricted Areas«, Anzenberger Gallery, Wien | Vienna, AT »Restricted Areas, im Rahmen der | as part of European Month of Photography, Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin, DE »Escape«, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, US »Restricted Areas«, im Rahmen der | in the framework of Rencontres d’Arles 2016, Arles, FR »Restricted Areas«, Kehrer Galerie, Berlin, DE
2015 »Restricted Areas«, Pechersky Gallery, Moskau | Moscow, RU »Storie Sovietiche«, Galleria del Cembalo, Rom | Rome, IT »Escape«, im Rahmen der | in the framework of Baltic Biennale „Photomenia-2015“, Kaliningrad, RU »Escape«, Gallery of Classic Photography, Moskau | Moscow, RU
2014 »Danila Tkachenko. Escape« im Rahmen des 6. Europäischen Monats der Fotografie | in the frameweork of 6th European Month of Photography 25books, Berlin, DE
Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl) | Group Shows (selected)
2018 »Civilization The Way We Live Now«, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, KR »Lyon Septembre de la Photographie«, the Center of Contemporary Photography »Le bleu du ciel«, Lyon, FR »Nomadic Mountains«, Schunk Museum, Heerlen, NL
2017 »Mir: the village and the world«, XII Krasnoyarsk Bieannale, the Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre, Krasnoyarsk, RU »E/T«, Skopia Art contemporain, Geneve, CH International Festival of Photography of Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, BR FotoFestival Naarden, Naarden, NL Bienale fotografica Bogota, Bogota, CO »Difussion«, Cardiff International Festival of Photography, Cardiff, UK »Proyecta 2017«, Madrid, ES
2016 »New East Photo Prize«, Rosphoto, St. Petersburg, RU »Dialogue: contemporary art from Russia«, Kim Bo Sung Art Center, Seoul, KR »SI FEST«, Emilia-Romagna, IT »On Behalf of Baboushka«, Russiantearoom gallery ad curating agency, Paris, FR »Power and Architecture«, Calvert 22 Foundation, London, UK Riga Photography Biennial, National Museum of Arts, Riga, LV »On Disappearing And For Vanishing«, Tartu Art Museum, EE Festival of Political Photography, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2015 Foam Talent 2015, L´Atelier Néerlandais, Paris, FR Delhi Photo Festival, Indira Ghandi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, IN IX. Krasnoyarsk Book Culture Fair. Krasnoyarsk, RU »Gimme Shelter – forts and fictions in the Lowlands«, Fort Nieuwersluis, NL »The Curve«, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, US Photoparade Uglich, Photoparade Uglich, RU »The Powers That Be«, Station Independent Projects, New York, US Athens Photo Festival. Benaki Museum, Athens, GR »The Anatomy of Forgiveness«, Metropolitan Building, New York, US »I Sought Solitude«, South Square Centre, Bradford, IR Lensculture Award Ausstellung, Photo London, Sommerset House, London, UK
2014 »An Ocean of Possibilities«, Museum TwentseWelle, Enschede, NL »OFF Festival«, Pisztory Palace, Bratislava, SK »Solitude«, 21st Noorderlicht International Photo Festival. Natuurmuseum Fryslân, Leeuwarden, NL »Twelve Thinking Photographers«, Parallelevent zur | parallel event of Manifesta 10., St. Petersburg, RU
2013 »Die Brücke / Most«, Festival. Slubice, PL / Frankfurt an der Oder, DE »On the block«, New Holland cultural center, St. Petersburg, RU 2012 »Young Russian photography 2012 2/2. Reality/Decoration«, Center for Art and Music and Library V.V. Mayakovsky, St. Petersburg, RU »Student Art PROM«, ARTPLAY design center, Moskau | Moscow, RU 2011 »Person on the move«, Swissotel Krasnye Holmy, Moskau | Moscow, RU »Young photograph«, Fotodepartament, St. Petersburg, RU 2010 »Steps«, Photo Center, Moskau | Moscow, RU
Sammlungen (Auswahl) | Collections (selected) Sammlung Spallart, Salzburg, AT The Salsali Private Museum (SPM), Dubai, AE MOMA, San Francisco, US
Auszeichnungen | Awards
2016 The New East Photo Prize, Finalist, GB
2015 Gabriele Basilico Price in Architecture and Landscape Photography, Finalist, IT lacritique.org Award – Voies off, Winner, FR Emerging Photographer Fund grant, Winner, US Foam Talent, Winner, NL Leica Oskar Barnack Award, Finalist, DE LensCulture Exposure Awards, Winner 1st Place Series, DE 30 under 30, Magnum photos, Winner, GB European Publisher Award For Photography, Winner PDN Photo Annual, Personal Category, US
2014 Leica Oscar Barnack Award, Newcomer Shortlist, DE PDN Photo Annual, Student Work, US World Press Photo, Staged Portraits, NL Organ Vida, Finalist, HR Photovisa, 2nd Prize, RU
2012 Silver camera, Faces, Spezial prize, RU Young man in the 21st century, Spezial prize, LT
Publikationen (Auswahl) | Publications (selected)
Monographien I Monographs
»Restricted Areas«, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2016
»Escape«, Peperoni Books, Berlin, 2014
Artikel & Rezensionen (Auswahl) ) | Articles & Reviews (selected)
Kerstin Holm: »Im Feuerschein der alten Bauernkate«, in FAZ, 14.12.2017.
Charlotte Harding: »Recasting Perspectives of the New East«, in British Journal of Photography, 04.11.2016
N.N. »Restricted Areas«, in fotocommunity, Oktober/November 2016.
Liza Premiyak: »Interview«, in Calvert Journal, autumn 2016.
N.N: »Fortschritt auf Eis gelegt«, in Zeit Online, 10.10.2016.
N.N: »Snow Ghosts: Photographer captures skeletons of abandoned Soviet-era structures«, in RT, 30.07.2016.
Laura Mallonee: »Restricted Areas«, in Wired Japan, 25.07.2016.
Jay Bennett: »Amazing Photos of Abandoned Soviet Infrastructure Will Show You the Meaning of Desolate«, in popular mechanics, 21.07.2016.
N.N: »In pictures: Relics of the Soviet era«, in BBC, 18.07.2016.
N.N: »Restricted Areas: Haunting images of abandoned Soviet hardware«, in Telegraph, 08.07.2016.
N.N: »Wreckage in the snow: Russia´s forgotten future – in pictures«, in The Guardian Online, 05.06.2015
Laura Mallonee: »The snowy graveryards where soviet subs and planes go to die«, in Wired Photo, 24.05.2016.
Susanne Baller: »Was vom technologischen Fortschritt der Sowjets übrigblieb«, in Stern, 27.04.2016.
Alexander Strecker: »Restricted Areas – Interview with Danila Tkachenko«, in LensCulture, 07.04.2016
N.N: »Restricted Areas«, in Kommersant Newspaper Russia, 15.12.2015.
Rena Silverman: »Remnants of a Failed Utopia in the Former Soviet Union«, in National Geographic, 14.11.2015.
Sam Wong: »See Soviet tech survivors of the cold war abandoned in the snow«, in New Scientist, 11.11.2015.
Oliver Franklin-Wallis: »In pictures: the abandoned remains of Soviet technology«, in Wired, 14.10.2015
Fiona Macdonald: »Restricted Areas: Eerie relics of a forgotten Russia«, BBC Culture, 19.08.2015.
Nicole Crowder: »Off the Grid: Into the woods and away from the world«, in The Washington Post, 04.03.2015.
N.N: »Living with Photography«, in IMA Magazine, 16.02.2015.
N.N: »Ones to Watch: Danila Tkachenko«, in British Journal of Photography, 07.01.2015.
Lauren Russel: »Hermits escape from society, find freedom in nature«, CNN Photo Blog, 17.11.2014.
Gunda Schantje: »Mein Baum ist mein Bett«, in Spiegel Online, 13.10.2014.
Jeffrey Ladd: »Escape«, in Hatje Cantz Fotoblog, 06.10.2014.
Peter Lindhorst: »Danila Tkachenko. Escape.«, in Photonews Blogbuch, 18.09.2014.
N.N: »Camera Austria International«, in Camera Austria 127, 2014.
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