Igor Vasiliadis

Biography

Igor Vasiliadis
The history of “Igor Vasiliadis the photographer” has started when he was 8 years. At that time his first camera was the Soviet one Smena 6, and then Zenit E. Since childhood, photography became his main obsession for a lifetime. When Igor grew up, he started to take pictures with medium format camera and achieved real success in it, winning national and international contests. Then Igor started to use large format cameras with authentic 19th century optics using silver and platinum sensitive materials for taking pictures. Later on, with the appearance of the high-quality digital technologies, Igor began to work professionally in this area too.

Quote: That’s what the author says about his work: «I love the equipment and technologies, which were proven by centuries of practice, those employing long exposures. This allows model’s soul to break out from the momentary world of emotions and appear in all of its multifaceted beauty. Dark tonality, artifacts of drying emulsion and all the mystics brought by silver and cyanides create the world of mystery, covered from our eyes by temporary and momentary emotions. They can be seen only during rear momentary lapses of reason, when we drop out of reality”.

The two main Igor Vasiliadis’s working formats are commercial and art. His portfolio includes portraits of world known celebrities from the world of fashion, cinema and sports. Among those taken with his camera you can find Angela Jolie, Rihanna, Mike Tyson, Vincent Perez, Donatella Versace, Pierre Cardin, Paco Rabanne, Karl Lagerfeld, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Natalia Vodianova, Naomi Campbell, Julia Snigir (Die Hard 4), Anastasia Volochkova (Russian prima ballerina), Alina Kabaeva (Multiple Olimpic and World champion and politician). Also, Igor has worked with almost all stars of Russian Ballet, show business, sports and politics.

Editorials: Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, L’Officiel, Esquire, Wallpaper magazine, AMICA (Italy), ZiNC (USA), Flair (Italy), BLUR, Depesha (USA), Spoon (USA), NUDE (USA), ARTPHOTO (Germany), Gala, Menu, Shape, Hello!, OK, L’Optimum, Playboy, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, Maxim, FHM, Moulin Rouge, Fashion Collection, Wedding, Joy, NRG, FW magazine.

Advertising and promotion campaigns: LVMH (Hennessy, Moët & Chandon), Dior, Tiffany, Sony Playstation, Audi, Renault, Agent Provocateur, Londa, Wella, Shwartzkopf, La Biosthetique, D’Larisand, Claude Montana, Mercury, Zolla, HighLander, MoneyBack, Nexus, Personage, Eurotrans, Interros, Aqua Bike championship UIM SPES, Russian Olympic Committee,Top 20 Models and Celebrities and many more…

In the art format: Considering works which has been done, it can be said that in his art Igor Vasiliadis combines technologies of the past in the format of the future. Working with old technologies, lenses and chemical processes, the artist does not capture reality, he creates his own world in his pictures. One of the main focuses of his work is shooting and printing technology, preserved from the middle of XIX century and known as wet-collodion process on the plates of blackened silver. The artist makes unique photo-canvas. All covering imperfections are original and make a special entourage, which, combined with the image, creates an unusual feeling.
Art Projects: “When the moment turns into eternity” with world famous movie director Kim Ki-duk based on his movie in 2005. “Port Arthur 1905” with governmental support of Russia and Japan. There were done many other art projects dedicated to events and exhibitions in USA, Japan, China, Netherlands, Sweden and Russia.

Exhibitions: When the moment turns into eternity (Moscow 2005 joint with Kim Ki-duk), 4F national contest (Moscow 2006), Photoloft gallery (Moscow 2007), Magic of Silver (London 2008), Gape Gallery opening (Prague 2010), Moscau-Vienn kulturdialogue (Vienna 2010), Yellow Corner gallery (Paris 2010), Eternal Values (Moscow, Ritz Carlton 2011)), In Memory of Port Arthur (International exhibition 2011), Blur Gallery (Belgrade 2011), Art Album “Silver Magic” presentation by Amazon publishing (New York 2012), Cork Gallery (London, Mayfair 2012), Participated in photo biennales in Moscow (2003-2012), Participation and sales on Paris Art Fairs (2013-2020), Art Basel (2014-2020), Tokyo Art Fairs (2015-2020).

Publications: “Silver Magic” Art Album (ISBN 978- 1468070514), Amazon Press 2011 plus eBook versions for iPad/iPhone, Kindle, Nook and Sony Reader 
Participation in numerous Art Albums 2003-2020. 
Various works are mentioned in more than 100 Art catalogues and books dedicated to the Art of photography.

Pure facts: Igor Vassiliadis’s pictures are kept in the royal collections of Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands. More than 400 art boutiques represent his work in Europe, U.S., Japan, China and other countries and regions. The largest networks of art galleries, not once considered Igor’s works as best sellers. There are numerous publications enlightening Igor Vassiliadis’s art in the art magazines in Germany, France, UK, Italy, USA, China, Spain, Greece, Russia, Chekh republic, Serbia and other countries.
Igor is the author for a number of art projects that had widely publicized all over the world and were accompanied with a personal exhibitions. In particular, a joint project with director Kim Ki-Duk (Korea), based on his “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring” in a place, where the movie was filmed. Number of views on Artlimited.net (The Most influential art photo portal) of Igor’s works reached 5 million-mark http://vasiliadis.portfolio.artlimited.net/. Igor Vasiliadis has made more than 200 magazine covers and above 300 fashion stories.

Other activities: In addition to all above mentioned, Igor maintains an active teaching practice, acts in films, serials and TV programs. For example, he participated in well-known MTV project “Top-Model”.
Also, Igor Vasiliadis acted in several movies of world famous movie directors, such as Oscar Academy Award winner’s Andrei Konchalovsky “Glyanets” (“Glamour”).