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Over the past 15 years, I have measured time with photographs, documenting a specific event during a moment in history.

Having photographed over 60 000 human beings from all walks of life I was able to transpose myself within the totality of each individual.

I studied the subjects eagerly and obsessively, meanwhile interrogating my inner dialogue. This self- examination took me around the world, from the mountains of Tibet to the deserts of Saudi Arabia.

I studied the subjects eagerly and obsessively, meanwhile interrogating my inner dialogue. This self- examination took me around the world, from the mountains of Tibet to the deserts of Saudi Arabia.

As I further examined my process of self-discovery, I found that understanding the essence of human nature unfolded through painting.

Devotion to painting is similar to a prayer through which I found that the past, present, and future meet. Abstraction allowed me the clarity to reveal the pure nature that lies within. This inner dialogue of interrogation beckons me to withdraw from my own self-importance, therefore accepting my true identity.

I believe that transformation occurs when viewing oneself from a distance, it is then that the unknown remains within the shell of who you once were.

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TIMA’s work during this period explores the nature of the self - his portraits are wholly focused on the individual, the personage, and the complexities of human identity.

An almost manic interest in the human condition and the conflict of public and private identities led him to photograph 700 portraits per week — more than 60,000 portraits were captured by the artist during this twelve-year period.

TIMA is renown for his portraits of celebrities such as Natalia Vodianova, Naomi Campbell, Bono, Kanye West and Antonio Banderas, his collaborations with brands such as LV, Armani and BMW as well as his features in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Dazed and Confused magazines.

His work mediates between this highly emotional, high-end photography and an avid interest in social, documentary portraiture, capturing the life of orphanages for children with special needs and continuing his exploration of the indigenous peoples living in the Russian North.

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Participation in the ‘Reflections’ photography project, Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). Taking the cinematography of Andrei Tarkovsky as his subject of study, TIMA built a mirror installation on the banks of the Volga river, inside of which he photographed a variety of the films’ personages.Later that year, TIMA participated in the ‘Eyes of the Night’ exhibition, Art Basement, Moscow, in collaboration with Vogue Russia.

The artist presented a compilation of worldwide celebrity portraits photographed by himself during the last five years.

Finalising the year, TIMA participated in the ‘Thanks, no sugar’ exhibition project, where he presented 10 photographic portraits of Russia’s top actors raising the topic of sugar diabetes. The project gained colossal mass-media acclaim and was seen by 5 million people.

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Collaboration with the supermodel and philanthropist, Natalia Vodianova. Working with the ‘Naked Heart’ foundation. Participation in the «Necker at Heart» charity foundation in Paris. Creation of a photographic series made in collaboration with orphanages for children with special needs across Russia, aimed at raising awareness amongst state institutions around the subject of physical violence and improper living conditions in order to improve the children’s condition of life..

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TIMA grew up in Salekhard, a small town in the Far North of Russia, which lies on the Arctic Circle. After his school graduation in 2006, TIMA began his journey as a photographer in a socio-political newspaper, capturing the local northern indigenous peoples of Salekhard (Khanty, Nenets), going on expeditions to visit tundra reindeer herders and delving into pagan and shaman traditions of the region.

In permafrost the artist discovered a baby mammoth named ‘Lyuba’ — he photographed this 42 thousand old creature, the most well-preserved life form known to humankind, for the local history museum.

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In 2007, the artist’s work was exhibited for the first time in a photography exhibition at the local art museum. Following this event TIMA moved to Moscow, where he lived and worked until 2019, whilst travelling around the world and continuing his photographic experiments with portraiture. He was interested in children’s without parents, pensioners and people without social support.