Vanishing city. Odessa

• Prize
• Photographer
  Vsevolod Vlasenko, Czech Republic

This is a story about silent ruins of magnificent houses, calm and
timeless old yards, where you don’t feel the pressure of modern
life, where time stops. Unfortunately those places are like snow in
spring, melting from the heat of progress.
Odessa was a pearl in Russian Empire before revolution, a city,
where cultures and religions collided in a mixture most peculiar.
Hard time came after bolshevik revolution in 1917. Days after
revolution was well described by Ivan Bunin in his book "Cursed
Days". Even now after many years we still see the signs of Cursed
Days...

• Awards
  Hasselblad Masters 2008 — Semi-finalist International Photography Awards 2008 — 1st place,category non-professional Special — micro International Photography Awards 2008 — 9 Honorable mentionsin categories non-professional Nature, People, Architecture, Travel/Tourism. Photographers Forum Magazine 29th Annual Spring Photography Contest — Finalist Photographer's Forum magazine's 31st Annual Spring Photography Contest — Finalist International Photography Awards 2010— Honorable mentions: Fine Art: Landscape, People: Family International Photography Awards 2011— Honorable mentions: Nature: Landscapes. International Photography Awards 2012— Honorable mentions: Architecture: Historic, Fine Art: Abstract, Editorial: Political. International Photography Awards 2013— Honorable mentions: People, Travel/Tourism, Sports 2012 Professional Photographer of the Year by professionalphotographer.co.uk | finalist, Medium format 2013 Professional Photographer of the Year by professionalphotographer.co.uk | finalist, Medium format