January 21, 2021 in the exhibition hall of VOKhM named after I.N. Kramskoy will open an exhibition “FOTUM – 10 years”.

The jubilee exhibition of art photography “Fotum” – 10 Years “presents selected works of members of the” Fotum “photo club, made in various genres: from portrait to still life, from landscape to reportage, as well as photography, photo painting, abstract photography. This makes it possible to see different approaches to photography, different techniques – to see the world through the prism of feelings, emotions, perception of the authors, expressed in the form of aesthetically significant photographic images. A total of about 130 works.

Almost all the participants in the exhibition are students of Vladimir Golub, graduates of the author’s photography school. Many of them have become recognized masters of photography, winners and laureates of prestigious international and Russian photography contests. Among them are members of the Union of Photographers of Russia, the International Light Painting World Alliance, and the Union of Wildlife Photographers. There are also newcomers who have only recently graduated from Vladimir Golub’s Photo School and have joined the ranks of the “photumists”.

Photo club “Fotum” was organized in 2011 by Vladimir Golub and his students. They are very different – physicists, programmers, biologists, chemists, economists, doctors, journalists, artists, professional photographers, but they all have one thing in common – a love of photography.

Prominent photographer Alfred Stiglitz once said: “I would like to draw your attention to the most popular misconception about photography – the term“ professional ”is used for supposedly successful photographs, the term“ amateur ”for unsuccessful ones. But almost all great photographs are taken – and have always been – taken by those who followed photography in the name of love – and certainly not in the name of profit. The term “amateur” just implies a person working in the name of love, so the fallacy of the generally accepted classification is obvious”.

As part of the exhibition, creative meetings and lectures will be held:

January 23 at 14.00. Dmitry Matveev – “Computational Photography”.
January 30 at 14.00. Andrey Lopatin – “Psychophysiology of Creative Photography”.
06 February at 14.00. Konstantin Kiriakidi – “About a portrait and about a ballet”.
February 13 at 14.00. Vera Sidelnikova – “Photography in the Interior”.

Venue: Exhibition Hall, 2nd Floor.

ENTRANCE by ticket – 100 rubles. You can buy an e-ticket for a lecture (master class) here

Visit cost:

Full ticket – 150 rubles.
Discount ticket (pupils, students, pensioners) – 100 rubles.
Members of the Union of Photographers, Members of the Union of Artists (upon presentation of a certificate) – free of charge.
Photography: mobile devices, camera (without flash) – free of charge.

ATTENTION! Purchase tickets ONLINE only.

Project partners:
General information partner – TV-Guberniya TV channel
Information partner – “Our radio – Voronezh”
Partners: Seiko Epson Corporation, RIAN-foto – Voronezh, Andrey Parfenov’s studio, Regional Youth Center.

The exhibition will run until February 21, 2021.

* The author of the photo on the cover is Anastasia Kolesnikova.