Nizhny Tagil Youth

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Photographer

Maria Morina
Date of Photograph

2011
Technical Info

Documentary, 5 min, hdv, color
Website

http://versoimages.com/
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A 5 minutes documentary film, exploring notions of work and freedom in life of the young people in one of the industrial centres, Nizhny Tagil, Russia, located on the virtual border between Europe and Asia. Of the 362,000 inhabitants official statistics say there are 30,000 of drug addicts. About 70,000 of inhabitants work for UralVagonZavod, the main producer of modern tanks in CIS, and 25,000 work for Nizhny Tagil Iron and Steel Plant, eight prisons are located around the city. Aspirations of young people are limited by the paths already determined for them.

Biography

Maria Morina is an emerging Russian documentary photographer and film-maker based in Kiev, Ukraine. Maria Morina was graduated from St. Petersburg State University, International Relations, and attended Galperin photojournalism faculty in St. Petersburg and several workshops by Yury Kozyrev/ NOOR, and Bjarke Myrthu/ StoryPlanet organized by Objective Reality Foundation. Ms. Morina has participated in several group exhibitions and installations in Russia, UK, and US. Her works have been published in Helsingin Sanomat (Finland), PhotoRaw (Finland), Rear View Mirror (Italy), Foto&Video (Russia). She also worked as a field producer for documentary film Birth Of Nation by Daya Cahen, 2010. Since 2009 Ms. Morina has been working on joint project by three female photographers Grozny: Nine Cities, exploring specific aspects of the aftermath of two Chechen wars, which has been nominated for several international reward - finalist of The Aftermath Project Grant, Nominee for Moving Image Award / People’s Choice, finalist of The Manuel Rivera Ortiz Foundation for International Photography Grant, Lens Culture International Exposure Awards, Grand Prize in the Multimedia Category. Grozny: Nine Cities project had screening at Palm Springs Photo Festival (2011), World Photography Festival (London, UK, 2011), International Bursa Photo Festival (2011), FOLI, Lima Biennale of Photography, (Peru, 2012), Tbilisi Photofestival (Georgia, 2012), Ojo de Pez Photomeeting Barcelona (Spain, 2012), Prix Voies Off (France, 2012), The Rencontres d’Arles (France, 2012). In 2010 Ms. Morina started to work on a personal long term project on Nizhny Tagil youngsters lifestyle. In 2011 Ms. Morina’s 5.5 minutes documentary film Nizhny Tagil Youth was selected for The Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid and screened in 2011-2012 in Paris, Madrid and Berlin.