Director,
Writer,
Producer

Born in 1953, USSR (Russia)

 

 

Sergey YASTRZHEMBSKY

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Сергей Владимирович ЯСТРЖЕМБСКИЙ

Sergueï YASTRJEMBSKI

Also : Serge YASTREB

Biography

Sergey Yastrzhembskiy was born in 1953 in Moscow, Russia.
He has pursued a career in journalism, diplomacy, and politics. Worked for magazines «Problems of Peace and Socialism», «Megapolis», «VIP». Chaired the Board of Directors of the «TVC» television channel. Ex-Russian Ambassador to Slovakia, Press-Secretary to Boris Yeltsin, first Russian President, deputy head of the Presidential Office.
2000–2008 — Aide to Vladimir Putin, Special Presidential Envoy to the EU.
Sergey Yastrzhembskiy has been a photographer for 20 years and studied photography under Lev Melikhov. Sergey Yastrzhembskiy has been a photographer for 20 years and studied photography under Lev Melikhov. His favourite genres are aerial photography, urban landscapes, architecture.
Prizewinner in the competition for the best photo-report about Moscow sponsored by the museum Moskovsky Dom Fotografii (The Moscow House of Photography) under the aegis of the Moscow City Government.
Sergey Yastrzhembskiy’s works are part of collections of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Maison Europeenne de la Photographie (The European House of Photography in Paris), Museum of Contemporary Photography (Milan, Italy), the Allinari Fund (Florence, Italy), Moskovsky Dom Fotografii, The South Sakhalinsk Museum of Art, State Art Gallery in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia; The Irkutsk Oblast Art Museum, and Slovakian Ministry of Culture, as well as private collections in Russia, Belgium, Italy, France, Portugal, Slovakia.
Sergey Yastrzhembskiy had his works published in magazines «Fotodelo», «Tretyakovskaya Galereya», «Profil», «Diplomat», «Ogonek», «Expert», «Voyage», «FotoTRAVEL», «Safari», «Elite, Life/Travel», newspapers «Izvestia», «Moskovsky Komsomolets», «Kommersant», «Rossiiskaya Gazeta».
Author of the following photo albums:
• «Kremlin the Familiar and the Unfamiliar» 2006;
• «Il Cremlino conosciuto e quello sconosciuto» 2006;
• «The Kremlin» 2007;
• «Of the Sakhalin» 2007;
• «Aeroimpressionism» 2008.

Exhibitions:
• 2003 «Proba N 50» («Hallmark N 50»)
• 2004 «Rossiiskie regiony»«Russian Regions» (as part of the international month of photography in Moscow)
• 2004 «Photobiennale — 2004» (Moscow)
• 2004 «Trialogue». Exhibition of photography by Sergey Yastrzhembskiy, Lev Melikhov, Valeriy Sirovskiy in the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow)
• 2004 «Trialogue». Exhibition of photography by Sergey Yastrzhembskiy, Lev Melikhov, Valeriy Sirovskiy at the Russian Centre for Science and Culture (Brussels, Belgium).
• 2004 «Ot Moskvy do samykh…» («It’s a long way from Moscow to…»). Exhibition of photography by Lev Melikhov, Igor Shirshkov, Sergey Yastrzhembskiy. The Irkutsk Art Museum. Catalogue (Irkutsk).
• 2005 «Spazi russi» (Russian spaces). Exhibition of photography by Lev Melikhov, Valery Sirovskiy, Sergey Yastrzhembskiy. The Andersen Museum. Catalogue. (Rome, Italy)
• 2006 «Vstrecha s Aziei» (Meeting Asia). The Shchusev Museum. (Moscow)
• 2006 «Days of Moscow Culture» (Yerevan, Armenia)
• 2007 «Days of Moscow Culture» (Karlsruhe, Germany)
• 2006 «Russkii vzgliad na Evropu» («Russian glance at Europe»). Within the frames of the Moscow-sponsored international month of photography «Photobiennale-2006» (Riga, Latvia)
• 2006 «Vpechatleniya. Valaam» («Impressions. Valaam»). Exhibition Hall at Solyanka. (Moscow)
• 2006 «Venetsianski Trialog» («The Venetian Trialogue»). Exhibition of photography by Lev Melikhov, Valery Sirovskiy, Sergey Yastrzhembskiy. Exhibition hall «Novy Manej». Catalogue. (Moscow)
• 2006 «Days of Moscow Culture». (Astana, Kazakhstan)
• 2006 «Days of Moscow Culture». (Sophia, Bulgaria)
• 2006 «The Bratislava Dialogue». Sergey Yastrzhembskiy and Lev Melikhov. Album. Bratislava, Slovakia.
• 2006 «Days of Moscow Culture» (Stuttgart, Germany)
• 2006 «Days of Moscow Culture» (Munich, Germany)
• 2006 «It’s a long way from Moscow to…» Sergey Yastrzhembskiy, Lev Melikhov. The Capital Museum of Beijing. Catalogue. (Beijing, China)
• 2007 «Teatr tenei» («The Shadow Show»). Within the frames of the festival «Fashion and style in photography — 2007». (Moscow)
• 2007 «Afrika na troikh» («Africa for Three»). Sergey Yastrzhembskiy, Anastasia Yastrzembskaya, Lev Melikhov. Novy Manej. (Moscow)
• 2007 International project «Of the Sakhalin». Sergey Yastrzhembskiy featuring Lev Melikhov. The South Sakhalinsk Art Museum. (South Sakhalinsk)
• 2007 «Russian Vision of Europe». Catalogue. (Lisbon, Portugal)
• 2007 «Days of Moscow Culture». (Dusseldorf, Germany)
• 2007 «Water Elegy». Sergey Yastrzhembskiy, Leo Melikhov. Catalogue. (Venice, Italy)
• 2008 «Toskana» («Tuscany»). As part of the Moscow international month of photography «Photobiennale-2008». (Moscow)
• 2008 «The Author’s Vision». Sergey Yastrzhembskiy featuring Lev Melikhov and Giuseppe Viola. (Milan, Italy)
• 2008 «The Visa to Russia». Personal exhibition. (Paris, France)
• 2008 «Khanty-Mansiysky dialog» («The Khanty-Mansiysk Dialogue»). Sergey Yastrzhembskiy featuring Lev Melikhov. (Khanty-Mansiisk, Russia)
• 2008 «Valaam». Universal exhibition «EXPO-2008». (Saragosa, Spain)
• 2008 «Marokko — pesok i liudi» («Morocco: Sand and People»). Personal exhibition. (Moscow)
• 2008 «Aeroimpressionism». Personal exhibition. (Florence, Italy)
• Co-founder of the HuntEssential FishFantastic company (www.huntessential.com), a safari outfitter operating in Southern Africa: Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique.
• The founder of the Yastrebfilm company (www.yastrebfilm.com).