Maxim Marmur Author

Maxim Marmur was born in 1968 in Tashkent, Usbekistan. He started his career in 1987 as a news photographer at local newspapers in Omsk, Russia. In the 1990s, he worked as a photojournalist at Moskovskiye Novosti (The Moscow News), one of the most popular Russian weeklies. From 1998 to 2003 he was a news photographer at Associated Press (AP), a US-based news agency; from 2003 to 2008 — at Agence France-Presse (AFP). Since 2008 — freelance photographer. In 1996 and 2000, Marmur was the finalist of the Pulitzer Prize as a staff member of the AP’s Moscow bureau. In 2001, he won the Award of Excellence at Pictures of the Year International Competition, USA, and in 2006 — second prize at the Best of Photojournalism Contest, USA. Marmur is Nikon ambassador in Russia.