Denis Karasev

Denis Karasev is a photographer born in 1981 in the USSR (Wild wild Russia :)He runs a design agency and is involved in theatre lighting design. 

His work includes architecture, street and art photography. Since 2019 he has been making ZINes, shooting series and projects.

He is interested in exploring the constantly changing world and capturing it in the present moment as is — for himself and for history. Owns a Siberian cat :) 

Awards, Shows and Mentions

— Travel 2018 Smithsonian Institution Magazine, USA

— Finalist of the Brussels Street Photography Festival 2018

— Finalist of the London Street Photography Festival  2019

— Honorable Mention in the 2019 International Photography Awards (Architecture)

— Urban Photo Awards 2020 finalist (Spaces)

— Photo Union 2022 (Russia), Architecture (“SVO Project”)  

— Street, number 22 — AAP Magazine 2022

Publications

 — Smithsonian Institution Magazine, USA 2018 

— AAP Magazine, USA (N22) 2022 

Exhibitions

 — DOCA International Festival of Contemporary Art, Moscow 2023 

— “Find Inner Mongolia”, ARBUZZ Gallery, Moscow 2023 

— “Beams, Columns and Self—identification”, Zotov Center 2023 

— Karelian Biennale of Fine Arts 2023 

— They are cats, and what have you achieved? , ARBUZZ Gallery, Moscow 2023 

— Street Art Festival “Street Art Fest”, New Manege 2023