Nadezhda Ermakova (b.1985) is a Russian visual storyteller and lens-based artist. She works on the field of social issues, age transition and relationships between generations.
Nadezhda started her career in photography four years ago, having been a French teacher before.
Her series “Strangers” (2019) has been awarded and short-listed for a number of photography awards, including the BarTur Award (winner), the Andrei Stenin Contest (2nd place), Felix Schoeller Award, International Photography Grant, IWPA, etc
Her book “An ordinary story” about her son’s dreams (2020) made during the workshop with Kazuma Obara was the winner of the Self Publish Riga (2021) and short-listed for the Kassel Dummy Award (2020).
She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally.
Participant Nikon-NOOR Academy Vienna 2019.
Participant Academy VII Documentary Photography Seminar for Eastern Europe, 2020.
Currently studying at ENSAPC, Cergy, France and Rodchenko Art School, Moscow, Russia.
Education, workshops:
2022 – "L'autre moitié du paysage", avec Claire Roudenko-Bertin, Garein, France
2021 – Residence Art Norden, Kurkijoki, the Repiblic of Karelia
2020 – A VII Academy Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Seminar with Mary Gelman and Maciek Nabrdalik, 3 months
2020 – “More than a project” art research laboratory of Jana Romanova and Maria Morina, 3 months
2019 – Start to study in Rodchenko School of Photography
2019 – Workshop “DIY Photobook” by Kazuma Obara, Saint-Petersburg
2019 – Workshop by Nikon-NOOR Academy with Sanne de Wilde, Pep Bonet and Bénédicte Kurzen, Vienna, Austria
2019 – Summer School, workshop «Storytelling», Dubna, Russia
2019 – Workshop “Inspiration” by Elena Kholkina
2019 – Workshop “DIY Photobook” by Elena Kholkina
2017 - 2018 – School of New Photography of Elena Sukhoveeva and Victor Khmel, online courses
2002 – 2007 – Saint-Petersburg State University, graduated from Philology, department of French language and literature
Festivals, portfolio-review:
2022 – Festival du Regard, Cergy, France
2019 – Portfolio-review, Kolga PhotoWeek, Tbilisi, Georgia
2019 – Festival «Young Russian Photographers», Kaluga, Russia
2019 – Festival «Photoparade in Uglich», 1st place in portfolio-review
2018 – Portfolio-review, Photovisa, Krasnodar, Russia
Grants, awards:
2021 – Riga Self Publish, winner, 1st place, the book «An ordinary story»
2020 – Kassel dummy award, shortlist, the book «An ordinary story»
2020 – BarTur Photo Award, winner of Student entries, category Unity in Diversity, and also the 1st place in all categories
Basecamp Student of the Year 2020
2020 – Moscow International Photo Awards, winner, 3rd place, category People-Potrait
2020 - International Woman in Photo Association, short-list, series «Strangers»
2019 – Immigrantopolis, Krakow, Poland. Finalist, series «Strangers»
2019 – Young Russian Photographers, short-list, series «Lida»
2019 – The Andrei Stenin Inetrnational Photo Contest, winner, 2nd place, category Portrait, series «Strangers»
2019 – Felix Schoelle Award, short-list, series «Strangers»
2019 – International Photography grant, short-list, category Portrait, series «Strangers»
Group shows:
2022 – Festival du Regard, "Experience de la nuit", Cergy, France
2022 – "LOX. Oxygène liquid", Neuville, France
2022 – "Entitled", Garein, France
2021 – Riga Self Publish, ISSP Galery, Latvia
2021 – "Where do the cranes fly", group show, Petrozavodsk, Russia
2020 – Kassel Dummy Award, 2020, Zagreb, Aarhus (Denmark), Prague, Istanbul, Siem Reap (Cambodia), Dublin, Singapore, Melbourne, Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
2020 – Bartur Photo Award. Paris, London, Lodz, Copenhagen, Berlin
2020 – Humble Arts Foundation, 2020, group show 65: two-way lens
2020 – Young Russian Photographers, Kaluga, Russia, show as winner of portfolio review-2019
2020 – “Colony optimization”, Moscow
2019 – “Daisy”, Moscow
2019 – Young Russian Photographers, Kaluga, Russia
2019 – The Andrei Stenin Inetrnational Photo Contest, group exhibition of winners, Moscow, Budapest, Cape Town, New-York, New Dehli, Madrid, Ankara
2019 – «Orienteering», as result of Summer School courses, Saint-Petersburg
2019 – Immigrantopolis, Krakow, Poland
Publications:
2018 – "Strangers" on "Takie dela"
2018 – "Strangers" on "Lenta.ru"
2019 – “Strangers” on "BoaredPanda"
2019 – "Lida" on "Takie dela"
2019 – «The city and the ore» in the magazine «Ogonyok»
2019 – “Strangers” on Republic
2019 – “Strangers” on “Edge of Humanity”
2019 – “Strangers” on RTVI