Grounds of Silence

• Photographer
  Аnton Gorbachev, Russian Federation

Wandering around in some deserted areas, with a few traces of human presence, I find
myself in a place that is unique, and that becomes my personal space, my true home of
peace and silence. Here I stay to listen to the muteness of objects and nature. The
uninhabited territories represented in my photographs become a devastated landscape
showing the ambivalent nature of the relationship between nature and humans. This
relationship leads to a temporal and spatial gap, thus creating a model of the existence
in its disintegration.

• Awards
  Anton Gorbachev Born in Moscow in 1978. Based in Moscow, Russia. Works are kept in various public and private collections, by such institutions as: Alinari National Museum of Photography, Florence; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Milan; Urban Photography Archive, Venice (AFU). Photography awards and honorable mentions: 2011 International Photography Awards 2011 B&W Single Image Contest 2011 Daily Life. 24 Hours 
2011 Masters Cup 2010 Black&White Spider Awards 2010 2006 Young photographers of Russia International Award, State Art Scholarship holder