Maria Plotnikova

I was born and raised in Moscow, for several years lived in South America. Until 2010 worked as sports photographer in federal mass media, currently I work as freelance photographer with leading Russian media and sports organizations.
I worked as a sports photographer at major sports events, as the Winter Olympics in Sochi-2014, Rio-2016, Pyeongchang-2018, Football Mundial 2014 in Brazil and 2018 in Russia.
Street photography is my passion since 2010.
In 2012-2016 I was a member of Vivo international collective of street photographers.
Selected Awards:
2022 Grand Prix ISEM, finalist
2021 Smithsonian Photo Contest, finalist
2019 Direct Look Photo Contest, winner
2019 Smithsonian Photo Contest, finalist
2018 The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, winner in various categories
2017 Direct Look photo contest, finalist
2017 The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, winner
2013 Moscow Street photography Festival, winner
2013 The Fence Festival, finalist
2012 International portfolio review of Festival of Light in Buenos Aires, winner
Selected Exhibitions:
2018 Uglich Photoparade, "America Latina", personal
2014 «Sport. City. Future», Photovisa international festival, Moscow, «Hinchada» series, personal
2014 Festival of Light, Buenos Aires, "Marathon", personal
2013 PhotoVisa international festival, Krasnodar, Russia, «Football fans», personal
2013 Perm Photo biennale, «Mimicry» series
2013 Tbilisi Photo Festival, Georgia, «Little man» series
2013 The Fence Festival, New York and Boston, «Buenos Aires» series
2012 Festival of Light, Buenos Aires, «Fútbol, pasión de multitudes», personal
2012 Festival of Light, Buenos Aires, «Pasión carnavalesca», personal
2012 Festival of Light, La Rioja, Argentina, «Despedida del Titán», personal