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, among others, in Courrier International, Monocle, Esquire (Russia), le Monde, Ogonëk, Wallpaper, The Independent Magazine, Financial Times Weekend, Newsweek Japan, Afisha, Bolshoi Gorod, Russian Reporter, Snob, as well as in photography publications including Foto8, Private, Fraction Magazine, Flak Photo, Unless You Will, LPV, to name a few. He exhibited in St. Petersburg, Vienna, Moscow, Bratislava, etc. and was nominated for KLM Paul Huf Awards in 2008. He currently lives and works in Moscow.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & BOOK PROJECTS
Group shows:
Residence Permit: Egor Zaika & Max Sher, curated by Svetlana Grekova-Taylor, Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, 2012
Madre Russia, curated by Steve Bisson, Museo Civico, Asolo, Italy, 2012
Vice Photo Show 2012, curated by Svetlana Grekova-Taylor, Photohub_Manometr, Moscow, Russia, 2012
EAST: Young Eastern European Photography, Kaunas, Lithuania, 2011
Photomonth Cracow, Poland, 2011
Kaunas Photo Festival, Lithuania, 2010
2nd Moscow Biennale of Architecture, a commission for Praktika Architects, Moscow, Russia, 2010
EAST: Young Eastern European Photography, Central European House of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2010
Young Russian Photography, Manege Central Exhibitions Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009
Aleppo Int’l Photo Festival, Syria, 2009
2Young, Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, 2009
EAST: Young Eastern European Photography, by Anzenberger Agency, Brick5, Vienna, Austria, 2008
Solo shows:
Kars, Fotodepartament Foundation, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2010
Kronstadt: Dreaming of the Past, Fotodepartament Foundation, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2008
Collective Book Projects:
This Day of Change, Kodansha Courrier Japon Publishers, Japan, 2009
EAST, Anzenberger Agency, Moser Verlag, Germany, 2008
CONTACT
Email: maxim.sher@gmail.com
Skype: abel-djassi
Mobile: +7 915 498 85 92