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Sergey Maximishin

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A driver with a gold-toothed grin, his eyes in shadow, an Orthodox church visible through the window, in a color photograph by Sergey Maximishin.

In this episode of Eyeshot 50mm, we sit down with Sergey Maximishin, World Press Photo winner and renowned photojournalist. A deep conversation on documentary photography, ethics, visual responsibility, and the role of the photographer in shaping reality through images. From long-term photojournalism projects to editorial work across Russia and beyond, Maximishin reflects on storytelling, truth, power, and the fragile balance between observation and interpretation. An honest look at how documentary photography works today, and why it still matters.

What connects these images is not a theme or storyline, but a consistent way of looking: attentive, patient, and deeply grounded in lived experience.

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Sergey Maximishin

Edited by Marco Savarese

This limited edition book brings together a carefully edited selection from the extensive archive of Sergey Maximishin, a documentary photographer and World Press Photo Award winner, spanning different countries, cultures, and political contexts.

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