During the world isolation provoked by COVID-19, our photo-documentary ranks are replenished and in the person of Oleg Videnin acquire new features, shades and character. Oleg has been passionate about photography since early childhood, born in Bryansk region, he still finds subjects and draws inspiration from the provincial environment. At the beginning of the noughties, with a strong flow of photographic images on profile resources on the Internet, Videnin became a leading contemporary portraitist and became widely known in his homeland and abroad.
Portraits from the Outskirts
Oleg’s first series on the NCU is called Portraits from the Outskirts — it is a material shot in medium format for the last 20 years and collected according to the main creative themes of the author. These portraits show the faces of people looking through the photographer’s eyes and reflect the inner world of Oleg Videnin himself.