Your name
Dmitry Pechurin
Place of birth
Moscow, Russia
Place where you live now
Moscow, Russia
3 words to describe you
Energy, kindness, curiosity
Why do you take pictures?
Photography is the way I express and fashion myself with, by manifesting my take on personal experiences, profound themes and events. Also it’s a tool of exploring boundaries of the common and pedestrian beyond to its discrepancies and oddities.
Where do you get your inspiration?
I find my inspiration within Russian day-to-day reality, in its absurdities and contradictions to which I am a witness on a daily basis.
Who are your influences?
I was influenced by a number of artists. Alec Soth is among those I appreciate tremendously and often come back to.
What determines the subject matter you choose?
Seems like subject matters tend to find themselves. As an example: a case of a radioactive burial ground, which I cover in a project, is a profoundly personal one. Turned out it was unavoidable and completely impossible to ignore.
What impact would you like your art to have?
Hard to say as I do not fancy myself as one capable of making any kind impact as of yet.
What artwork do you never get bored with?
I find delight in all art observed. Lately I’ve been watching every independent art film I can get my hands on, so, in a way, it’s also a source of inspiration.
Is there anything you want to add?
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Nothing to be afraid of
(Project statement)

In Nothing To Be Afraid Of, I thoroughly explore the issue of the seemingly invisible danger of Moscow airspace pollution by airborne radioactive waste, triggered by the disturbance of hazardous burial sites with South-Eastern Highway construction.

I rigorously build a comprehensive narrative with field photography, the reenactment of actual events, borrowed texts and visual elements.
 This work is profoundly personal, myself being a lifetime Moskvoreche-Saburovo resident, the area nearby the burial site.

For almost an entire year, I studied the subject visiting the site with ecology and physics scientists, activists, and locals, witnessed protests ensue, and participated in them.

See more by Dmitry Pechurin in A Visual Dialogue in issue #2 and in collab:co-op in issue #9

 Dmitry Pechurin
@dima.pechurin