Now you will know what this wonderful person looks like. Each connoisseur of beautiful and living nature is well acquainted with the pictures he took. The author himself constantly criticizes himself and strives for excellence.
Our hero boldly declares that he is ready to combine Russian traditions of photography with rich world experience and present the world with a new masterpiece. His work has repeatedly been praised at competitions in different countries of the world. By his own admission, these achievements made him more picky and demanding of himself.
Childhood
Volodya was born in December 1988. His family lived in Moscow, and the boy’s life was no different from the everyday life of many schoolchildren in the capital. His childhood fell on dysfunctional years, when the number of institutions involved in extracurricular work with children was rapidly declining. The child showed interest in the beautiful, but did not try to master painting, or sculpture.
Find yourself in the world of art Medvedev helped random purchase. In 2004, a teenager purchased a camera. Prior to this unit, he did not even have a soap box, which many so loved to shoot their friends with. The novelty needed to be tested. As an object of the experiment, the guy chose wildlife. His first photos liked his relatives and friends.
Vladimir Medvedev
High start
2 years after the test of the pen, the young man was lucky to get to Mongolia. Here he was fascinated by unusual landscapes, outlandish inhabitants of the steppes and the life of nomads. He captured all this on tape. Arriving home, Vladimir learned about the Golden Turtle photo contest, dedicated to ecology and the environment. The guy sent the three best shots to the specified address and became the winner in the nomination "The youngest wildlife photographer." After such a successful debut, he annually takes part in this event.
Baikal. Photo by Vladimir Medvedev, winner in the nomination "Landscape" at the contest "Golden Turtle 2012"
Now our hero was able to decide on the choice of a profession - he began to make a career as a photographer. In 2007, the young man tried himself as a cameraman of VGTRK, but expeditions with a camera attracted him more, and in 2014 the choice was made in favor of the latter. Vladimir returned to Mongolia several times, in 2011 he visited Canada and Iceland. In 2014, Canon suggested that Medvedev, armed with their equipment, make a sortie to Russian cities to find corners of the wild there. The famous photographer happily supported this idea. The native Muscovite had long wanted to work in the parks and squares of his native city.
Overcoming obstacles
Victories at competitions of photographers who take pictures of nature, festivals and meetings with colleagues forced Medvedev to reconsider his attitude to his own level of skill. He constantly improves his style, engaged in self-education and observing how recognized professionals work.
Photo by Vladimir Medvedev
The main problem that the young man faced when reaching a wide audience was the differences in ideas about exotic in different countries. Medvedev was growing at a time when foreign scientific and educational programs began to appear on Russian screens. For the citizens of the former USSR, everything was new there, and today Russians are inclined to highly appreciate any shot made abroad. In the West, the situation is completely different. Impressing the critics who live there is more difficult. Vladimir is trying to combine the interesting developments of domestic masters of photography with the highest demands of world journalism.
Achievements
The contribution of Vladimir Medvedev to the popularization of tourist routes in temperate regions is undeniable. The photographer prefers flat landscapes. He has a series of shots from Canada, where mountains are captured, but he calls the Russian and Mongolian steppes his favorite sites. The artist of the camera presents his masterpieces at copyright exhibitions, the first of which was held in 2010, in books. In 2013, the most unusual presentation of the photo of our master took place - his work went to the International Space Station.
Poster of the photo exhibition of Vladimir Medvedev "Kamchatka" (2018)
Among the awards that our hero received were 4 awards of the Golden Turtle contest. In 2016, Medvedev was invited to the event as one of the jury members. He noted that he was glad to be among respected husbands who make important decisions. For this, I had to abandon the role of a participant in the competition. In 2012, Vladimir received a special award at the world competition Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and in 2018 he became a laureate of Vicki Loves the Earth.
