About me
Vladimir Sevrinovsky
Born in 1975, Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Sevrinovsky is a Russian journalist, photographer, documentary filmmaker. Expert on the regions of Russia.
Vladimir has Ph.D. in Economics. In 2011 he abandoned successful career in business to become a traveler and an independent journalist. He visited all 85 regions of Russia and wrote multiple award-winning stories. Later he began to support them with photos. Now his dominant sphere of interest in the Northern Caucasus. He became one of the leading experts on the ethnography of local nations. He also uses every chance to explore different cultures in other parts of Russia. He is regularly published both in the leading Russian mass media (Meduza, TASS, Russian reporter) and the leading photo magazines (National Geographic, Bird in flight). Vladimir produces documentaries for TV companies of Switzerland, Germany and Great Britain. He is also the head of direction “Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan” of the Caucasus Explorer, a Russian tour operator.
Selected photo exhibitions and festivals
2021 — Personal Photo Exhibition in the Norilsk Museum “The white crow and the dark crow”
2021 — Personal Photo Exhibition in the Space Place gallery (Nizhny Tagil)
2018, 2019 — Uglich Photo Parade
2017, 2018, 2019 — Russian Geographic Society
2018 — Balkhar Photo Exhibition, The museum of Makhachkala, Dagestan
2017 — selected works of TASS photographers
Photo Awards
2021 — Alexander Efremov contest, honorary mention of jury
2019 — Uglich Photo Parade, winner
2018, 2019 The most beautiful Country by the Russian Geographic Society, nominee
Journalist / writer awards
The Big Book (major Russian book award) — long-list
Best Books of the Year — short-list
Zhar-Kniga (major Russian book design award) — short-list
The Southern Spark — four-time winner
North is the borderless Country, winner
The Voice of the North, winner
Unknown Russia, winner
Pushkin in Britain, winner
Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev Award, 2th place
Redkollegia, 13-time nominee
Books
Live Dagestan, 2021
People on the map, 2019
Traditional festivals of Dagestan, 2018
Multinational Russia, 2014
Collaboration with Mass Media
TASS, “It’s the Caucasus” — more than 80 articles
Radio Liberty, “Kavkaz Realii” — more than 20 articles
National Geographic Russia — 3 articles
Meduza — more than 10 articles
Around the world — 2 articles
Author of documentaries and books
2021 — Человек-овцебык — ROMB (Russia)
2021 — Диагноз “Джинн” — ROMB (Russia)
2020 — У нас такое происходит — ROMB (Russia) short list of ArtdocSet competition, Stalker competition
2020 — Звонок — ROMB (Russia)
Producer of documentaries and books
2022 — Faszination Elbrus. Der Ritt zum Gipfel — Arte Reportage (France / Germany)
2021 — Ostrov (Lost island) — Doklab (Switzerland) best international feature winner of Hot Docs festival (Canada), International feature documentary award of Guanahuato film festival, winner of “Lavr” award (Russia), nomination for Oscar award
2019 — Die letzten Walfänger der Beringsee — Arte Reportage (France / Germany)
2019 — Sibirien, die Eisschneider von Jakutsk — Arte Reportage (France / Germany)
2018 — Kaukasus: Eine Reise an den wilden Rand Europas — National Geographic (Germany)
2017 — From Russia to Iran — Channel 4 (GB)
2017 — Auf dem Dach des Kaukasus — 3 SAT (Germany)
Education
2018 — 2020 Photography School DocDocDoc (Saint-Petersburg)
1998 — 2000 State Management Academy, Ph.D. in Economics
1992 — 1997 State Management Academy, International Economics
