Vladimir Melnik is a freelance photographer and specializes in humanitarian photojournalism assignments where documentary photography captures the moments that elevate awareness, as well as travel photography where he takes rare images from around the World. His style has been described by critics as “documentary with an arty edge”. His images are dramatic coverage of the most striking events in recent world history with diverse human faces and fortunes. Photography works are well diversified and include images of everything from landscapes of Trans- Himalayas, Bolivian Andean deserts, Tibet and jungles of the lost worlds in Amazonians to indigenous tribes of Papua New Guinea, nomads of Arctic regions and unique events in the middle of nowhere. We are honored to showcase Mr. Melnik’s photograph “Surfing the Net in the Middle of Nowhere” taken in the internet cafe of the small Moroccan village of Merzouga at the edge of the Sahara desert. The photograph has got Sony World Photography Award 2009 in the category Conceptual & Constructed. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT VLADIMIR'S WEB-SITE WWW.ZANSKAR.RU |
