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Visions of the North

Alexey KharitonovPortfolio Award
Eye of the Tundra Winner
Ice Motifs Winner
Taiga Moon Winner
Taiga Tapestry Winner
Piece of Sky Winner
Autumn Icon Winner

Alexey is a self-taught photographer with a passion for landscape photography.

His work is an artistic exploration of remote regions in the Russian North, Siberia and Asia. It highlights taiga and Arctic tundra scenes as summer rapidly turns to winter. Using drones, he picks out details in these vast terrains, showcasing their wild beauty through striking compositions. Yet beyond this visual feast lie human-made threats – not least a pressing vulnerability to climate change.


Behind the lens

Alexey Kharitonov

Alexey Kharitonov

Israel/Russia

Alexey is a self-taught amateur photographer. He’s been passionate about landscape and nature photography for more than two decades. His photographs have won prizes in many wildlife and travel photography competitions. Alexey’s photo projects have been selected for exhibitions and photo festivals in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and New York. In recent years he’s focused on photographic research in Russia, conveying the beauty of hard-to-reach corners of the Russian North, Siberia and the Far East.

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The White Cliffs of Iturup
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Taiga Moon Winner