Catalog of the photo exhibition “Heritage Moment – 2023”

© Sergey Shchekotov-Alexandrov, 2023

ISBN 978-5-0060-8125-3

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Photography fulfils various functions in the life of people. One of them is the photographic documentation of cultural heritage sites and places of interest. Photographing UNESCO heritage sites is a particularly significant activity in this area.

The photo exhibition «Heritage Moment – 2023» shows author’s photographs (photo stories) of cultural heritage monuments from Russia, Arab Emirates, Finland and other countries. St Petersburg photographer Sergey Shchekotov-Alexandrov has travelled with his camera to the Republic of Mari El (Yurino settlement), St Petersburg, Dubai and Abu Dhabi (UAE), Lappeenranta (Finland).

The photo exhibition includes a section of single author’s photo images about cultural heritage from Russia, India, USA, Italy, Austria. Images from this section were shown by the photographer at the previous photo exhibitions and conversaziones of photographs of the «Heritage Moment» cycle. The photo from the Egyptian Karnak Temple in Luxor is being demonstrated for the first time.

Introduction
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sergey Shchekotov-Alexandrov is an independent documentary photographer. He lives and works in St Petersburg. He specializes in shooting immaterial and material objects of culture, nature and everyday life, urban landscapes, museums. Sergey Shchekotov-Alexandrov is the author and curator of numerous mobile photo exhibitions in Russian regions. He maintains an author’s channel on Zen «Kilometres of photographic roads». Since 2021 he has been a member of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. S.I. Shchekotov-Alexandrov publishes author’s photo books. The photo book «Kilometres of Photographic Roads» was published In 2020, the photo book «Photographing Cultural Heritage» was published in 2021.

Author’s website: http://shchekotovphoto.ucoz.net/