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Roman Pyatkovka

Roman Pyatkovka (Роман Пятковка; born 1955 in Kharkiv)[1] is a Ukrainian conceptual photographer who was part of the Kharkiv School of Photography movement.[2]

Roman Pyatkovka
Роман Пятковка
Born1955 (age 70–71)[1]
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR
Known forConceptual photography
Notable workSoviet Photo (2012)
MovementKharkiv School of Photography
AwardsConceptual Photographer of the Year, Sony World Photography Awards (2013)
WebsiteOfficial website

Biography

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Pyatkovka studied electroenergetics at Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute and lighting design at Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University. He worked for at the Young Spectator's Theatre in Kharkiv between 1979 and 1984 before dedicating himself more fully to photography.[1][3] He joined the National Society of Photo Artists of Ukraine in 1989[citation needed] and later began teaching at VN Karazin Kharkiv National University.[1] He was part of the "middle generation" of the Kharkiv School of Photography movement, where he took photos, primarily of nude women, in a "deliberately simple, amateur-looking" style.[2][3] This subject was considered pornographic by the Soviets, meaning that Pyatkovka and his contemporaries were considered underground photographers.[3] In his 2012 series Soviet Photo, Pyatkovka used overlays and hand-colouring to combine and juxtapose his own photos with the propaganda pieces from Sovetskoe Foto in a mashup or "found" style.[4][3] This project won him the Conceptual Photographer of the Year award at the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards.[5][1]

Pyatkovka has exhibited worldwide, such as at Moscow's Multimedia Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art and National Centre for Contemporary Arts; Museum of Ken Damy in Italy;[citation needed] Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Photography;[6] The Navigator Foundation in Boston; and ARTOTHEK in Nürnberg.[citation needed] His work appears in books including Toisinnäkijät (1988),[7] Co je Fotografie (1989),[8] Un Nouveau Pausage Humain (1998),[9] Kharkov. Khronika Pevolyutsii (2005),[10] Foto estafeta. Ot Rodchenko do nashikh dney (2006)[11]Le portrait dans l'art contemporain (2010),[12] Nude Art Today (third edition; 2012),[13] Eyemazing: The New Collectible Art Photography (2013), and [14] Post-Photography: The Artist with a Camera (2014).[15]

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Roman Pyatkovka". Alexandra de Viveiros Gallery. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
  2. 1 2 Zelenskaya, Daria (2013-07-12). Фотографы прославили Харьков на весь мир: фото-факты (in Russian). vecherniy.kharkov.ua. Archived from the original on 2013-09-08.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Rosenberg, David (2013-07-03). "Soviet-Era Photography Mashups Make Propaganda Illicit". Slate. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
  4. ↑ "Kharkiv School of Photography: Soviet Censorship to New Aesthetics: Part 3 - Contemporary Photographers Exhibition 1". VASA Project. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
  5. ↑ "Sony world photography award winners – in pictures". The Guardian. 2013-04-25. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Museum of Contemporary Photography". www.mocp.org. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
  7. ↑ Eskola, Taneli; Eerikäinen, Hannu, eds. (1988). Toisinnäkijät (in Finnish). SN-kirjat. ISBN 951-615-707-6.[page needed]
  8. ↑ Mrázková, Daniela (1989). Co je Fotografie. Prague: Manes and Videopress Credit Praha. ISBN 80-7024-004-0.[page needed]
  9. ↑ Un Nouveau Pausage Humain. Recontres Internationales de la Photographie. Les Rencontres d'Arles. 1998-11-12. ISBN 2-7427-1780-3.[page needed]
  10. ↑ ХАРЬКОВ. Хроника Pеволюции (in Russian). 2005. ISBN 966-8636-21-X.
  11. ↑ Фото эстафета. От Родченко до наших дней (in Russian). 2006. ISBN 5-93977-023-1.[page needed]
  12. ↑ Patou, Eric (ed.). Le portrait dans l'art contemporain. Paris: Editions Patou. ISBN 978-2-9532548-4-6.[page needed]
  13. ↑ Nude art today (3 ed.). Paris: Patou. 2012-12-03. ISBN 9782953254860.[page needed]
  14. ↑ Zadeh, Susan. Eyemazing: The New Collectible Art Photography. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-51685-0.[page needed]
  15. ↑ Shore, Robert (2014). Post-Photography: The Artist with a Camera. London: Laurence King. ISBN 978-1-78067-228-1.[page needed]
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