Mikhail Mordasov, 35 years, is a photographer, producer and film director. Since 2009 he has been travelling a lot over the European part of Russia. As a documentary photographer he explores both huge wealthy cities and distant poor villages to create the patchwork of daily russian life.
In the last years, Mordasov devoted much attention to long-term photo stories.
«Silence games», Sochi before the Olympic games, 2013
«Island Crimea», Crimea after annexation by Russia, 2014
«Spine of Russia», book about Russian patriots, 2015
«Resilient», book and film about Russian centenarians, 2017
In 2014 Mordasov founded @everydayrussian account on Instagram. Every week one volunteer photographer shows one russian region and its inhabitants. The contributors are free to express themselves, and they describe russian daily life without censorship and stereotypes.
He cooperated with dozens local and international news agencies, magazines and newspapers as staff or stringer photographer.
