Igor Elukov
Igor Elukov (b. 1991) is a visual artist, photographer, and film director. Born and raised in a village on the Peza River, in the north of the Arkhangelsk region (Russia). He currently lives and works in St. Petersburg. From 2006 to 2012 Igor studied painting and graphics at an art school. He began to study photography in 2012. From 2012 to 2016 he worked on a photo story and the film "SEVERE", documenting the life of the Far North of Russia. Since 2016, Igor has turned his attention to staged photography.
His method is close to pre-digital cinema, which uses shooting of real objects, including animals, and locations, large-scale models and objects integrated into the natural environment, pyrotechnic effects, light installations and optical illusions.