Hi, I’m Kristina!
I was born in 1988 in Voronezh, Russia. Photography has been a big part of my life for many years. I started working as a commercial photographer back in 2010, and a few years later I moved into photojournalism, working for a regional newspaper and collaborating with different media in Russia and abroad.
I studied photography in Saint Petersburg, where I took part in several long-term courses and summer schools focused on documentary photography and visual storytelling. These years shaped the way I see the world and taught me how to notice real moments, emotions, and small details that often matter the most.
From 2016 I worked as a freelance photojournalist, and my work was published in Russian and international media. I also took part in various photography contests and festivals, had two personal and many group exhibitions and became a winner of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest.
At the end of 2021, I took a short pause in my career when my son was born. In 2023, our family moved to Porto, Portugal, and I returned to photography — this time with a new focus on family photography.
Today I mostly work with families in Porto, but I’m happy to travel to other cities in the north of Portugal, like Espinho, Braga, or Aveiro. I love turning everyday moments into memories you’ll want to come back to again and again. You can see my portfolio on my website: photofromporto.com.
My background in photojournalism helps me work quickly and naturally, so you can just enjoy your time together while I quietly capture your story.
Selected Awards
2022 — Shortlisted for “Argus. Photography among the Arts” (2022)
2020 — short-list of the Photovisa competition (Krasnodar)
2019 — Finalist of Young Russian photographers competition
2017 — Finalist of Baltic biennial of photography
2016 — Grand-prix of the “Without barriers” contest
2015 — Winner of The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest (single entry in “Sport” and series in “Contemporary Issues” nominations)
2015 — Finalist of “Dots on map. Small towns of Russian province” competition
2014 — Finalist of “Vilnius Photo Circle” festival contest’s “Homework”
2013 — Award for the best debut in journalism in Voronezh Region
Selected Exibitions & Screenings
2022 — participant of the exhibition “Reading the City” (Voronezh, Russia)
2019 — personal exhibition “On the Galichya Gora” (Voronezh, Russia)
2018 — group exibition “Young Russian photographers” (Moscow, Russia)
2017 — personal exhibition “Plus One” (Voronezh, Russia)
2015 — group exibition and screening of The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest winners (Moscow, Sochi, Istanbul)
2015 — screening at Yangon Photo Festival (Myanmar/Burma)
2014 — group exibition & screening “Vilnius Photo Circle” festival (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2014 — group exibition “Institute.Production” (Kazan, Russia)
2013 — group exibition “Photographers of Voronezh Region” (Voronezh, Russia)
Education
2017-2018 — School for artists (Voronezh Center of Modern Arts)
2016-2017 — The Academy of Documentary and Art Photography FOTOGRAFIKA
July 2014 — Russian Reporter Summer School (Class of Andrei Polikanov and Tatiana Plotnikova)
2013-2015 — Photography as a research (Classes of Mikhail Domozhilov & Jana Romanova, Fotodepartament.Institute)
May 2013 — Sergey Maximishin’s workshop “Photography in the magazine”
2007-2009 — Photostudio studies
2005-2010 — Voronezh State Technical University
