18/24: Evgeny Nesterov - FACTORY

Evgeny Nesterov (1957) - photographer. Born in Moscow. Immigrated to USA in 1983. Graduate studies at UCLA (Theory and history of composition). Started to photograph in 1987. Started work professionally in photography and design in 1986. From 1996 also works in Moscow.

Exhibits:

Los Angeles:
1992 - Zero-One Gallery (personal)
1993 - Municipal Exhibit Hall (group)
1994-96 - Schlesinger-Hundsaker Gallery (repr.)

New York:
1995 - Loft Gallery (personal) Mexico City
1994 - National Photo-Archives Gallery (personal)

Moscow:
1995 - Yakut Gallery (personal)
1996 - State Tretyakov Gallery (group)
1997 - Aidan Gallery (group)
1998 - XL Gallery (personal)
1996, 1998 - Photo biennale
2000 - Silver camera at Moscow Central Manage (group)

Geneva
1997 - The Geneva Palace of the United Nations (personal)

Clients: A&M REC., Roland International, Warner Bros. Rec., Flying Fish Rec., Newsweek, the Rolling Stones Magazine, Otson Bros. Ltd., Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Playboy int., Pierre Carden, L'Officiel, Marie Claire.

Collections: Hormel (family estate), Warner Bros. (corporate), State Museum of Photography (Mexico City), Budapest Museum of Contemporary Art, United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, Chronolux (corporate), Museum of Moscow's history, Coca-Cola (corporate), Moscow House of Photography, numerous private collections.

"A toy factory, a factory of happiness, a kitchen factory, factory No. 8, an ice-cream factory, the Soviet Army Factory, a film factory, a bio-factory, a poultry factory, an experimental factory, an automatic factory, a clothing factory, a weaving factory, a textile factory, a linen factory, a cotton-printing factory, a knitting factory, an embroidery factory, an ore-enriching factory, a crushing factory, a stonecutting factory, a grinding factory, a lapidary factory, a mica factory, a tea-packing factory, a printing factory, a varnish and paint factory, an industrial rubber factory, a furniture factory, a tobacco factory, a shoe factory, a paper factory, a pasta factory, a confectionery factory, an oxygen factory, a socialist factory, a pharmaceuticals factory, a cartographic factory, a match factory, a wallpaper factory, a feather and down factory, a piano factory, a factory of ideas, a protective clothing factory, a Warhol factory, a stencil factory, a craftwork factory, a sports goods factory, a death factory, a dream factory". (Yu. Avvakumov)