Бесплатный фрагмент - Catalog of the photo exhibition “Heritage Moment — 2023”

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/

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The collection of photographs «Heritage Moment» is a programme of S. I. Shchekotov-Alexandrov’s photographic studio to photograph and promote outstanding cultural heritage and UNESCO sites in Russia and other countries by means of photographic creativity.

This programme includes the following directions:

— publication of the books of the «Heritage Moment» cycle;

— publication of the books of the «Photographing Cultural Heritage» cycle;

— holding mobile photo exhibitions and photo conversaziones.

This photo book is the third in the series of books of the «Heritage Moment» cycle.

It consists of three sections:

— «Russian monuments of culture and history» (two photo stories);

— «Foreign Monuments of Culture and History» (two photo stories);

— «From the Photographer’s Archive» (single photos about cultural heritage based on materials of past photo exhibitions, published photo books and some new photos).

This book includes the following information: conclusion, captions and comments to subsections, captions to individual photographs, «From the history of the «Heritage Moment» photo project.

SECTION I Photo stories «Russian historical monuments and cultural heritage»

PHOTO STORY «SHEREMETEV CASTLE IN MARI EL», 2022

Sheremetev Castle is a palace and park ensemble located on the banks of the Volga in the village of Yurino in the Republic of Mari El. Being the State budgetary cultural institution of the Republic of Mari El, it is an architectural monument of regional significance.

The history of the castle began in 1812, when the village of Yurino was bought by the richest landowner of the Nizhny Novgorod province V.S. Sheremetev, the grandnephew of Count Sheremetev, Field Marshal of the Peter I. From that time on, the construction of the estate began.

«Wikipedia»

1. The castle was partially built by 1880 according to the design of the German architect R. Müller in the late neo-Gothic style.

Architects A. Stern, A. Parland, A. Korsch also participated in the development of the project. The castle is located in the countryside. That’s why you can sometimes see cows grazing here.

2. The castle can only be visited as part of a group tour.

3. The castle is currently being restored; part of the building is used as a hotel complex.

4. «Skobelevsky readings» are held annually in the «Skobelevsky Hall» in honor of the famous commander of the Russian army.

5. One of the exhibits. A picture showing military battles.

6. Parents and their children often come here.

7. Some people come on the tour with their pet dogs.

8. After the commencement of restoration, the castle’s attendance amounts to 20 thousand tourists a year. In the period from the beginning of 2022 till August 2022 the castle was visited by 30,000 tourists.

PHOTO STORY «ORESHEK FORTRESS» in SHLISSELBURG», 2022

The Oreshek fortress is an ancient Russian fortress located on Orekhovy Island at the source of the Neva River, opposite the city of Shlisselburg in the Leningrad region. Founded in 1323 by Novgorodians, it belonged to Sweden from 1612 to 1702. The fortress is particularly known as a political prison.

1. Tourists near the wall of the Old Prison (Secret House).