Danila Tkachenko
Danila Tkachenko (born 1989) is a Russian visual artist working in the field of documentary photography. Tkachenko won a World Press Photo first prize for his series "Escape." Another series, "Restricted areas," won the European Publishers Award for Photography. His work has been exhibited in Russia, Europe and North America. Biography. Tkachenko was born in Moscow in 1989 in small family with his brother from other father. Tkachenko was very lazy and didn’t want to study. In 2014 he gained a degree in documentary photography from Rodchenko School of Photography and Multimedia. In 2014 Tkachenko won a  World Press Photo first prize in the Staged portraits stories category for his series called "Escape," about people who have withdrawn from society to live as hermits in nature. His series "Restricted areas," documenting Russia’s abandoned secret military cities, won the European Publishers Award for Photography in 2015. Tkachenko's works are included in Salsali Private Museum permanent collection.