ABOUT
Born in St. Petersburg, raised in Siberia and educated in Siberia and France, Max took up photography in 2006. His work (personal and commissioned) has since appeared in Courrier International, Monocle, Esquire (Russia), le Monde, Libération, Ogoniok, Independent Magazine, Afisha, Bolshoi Gorod, Russian Reporter, Snob, GEO Traveler, Foto8, Private, Newsweek Japan, etc. and was exhibited in St.Petersburg, Vienna, Moscow, Bratislava, among others. Max was nominated for KLM Paul Huf Awards in 2008. He is currently based in Moscow.
SELECTED EXHIBITS & BOOK PROJECTS
2010
Kars series screened at Kaunas Photo Festival (Lithuania)
Kars: solo exhibition at Fotodepartament Foundation, St.Petersburg, Russia
Dubna: an exhibition commissioned by the Moscow-based Praktika Architects for the 2nd Moscow Biennale of Architecture, Moscow, Russia.
Kommunalka, as part of EAST Young Eastern European Photography, an exhibition and book project by Anzenberger Agency, Central European House of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
2009
This Day of Change, an international book project initiated by Courrier Japon magazine with 132 photographers assigned all over the world to document the day of President Obama inauguration, Japan
Kronstadt: Dreaming of the Past, as part of Young Russian Photography'2009 exhibition, Fotodepartament Foundation, St.Petersburg, Russia
Kronstadt: Dreaming of the Past, as part of 2Young, a group exhibition at Winzavod Art Centre, Moscow, Russia
2008
Kommunalka: Bolshevik Flat-Sharing, as part of EAST: Young Eastern European Photography, an exhibition and book project by Anzenberger Agency, Vienna, Austria
Kronstadt: Dreaming of the Past, a solo exhibition, Fotodepartament Foundation, St.Petersburg, Russia
Monzenskaya Railway, as part of Volga Biennale of Photography, Nizhni Novgorod, Russia
CONTACT
Email: maxim.sher@gmail.com
Skype: abel-djassi
Mobile: +7 915 498 85 92