The Coal People

The Coal People exhibition took place in the framework of International festival of photography in Pingyao, China. More than fifty works were included at the exhibition curated by Irina Chmyreva.

About this exhibition:

Photographs from The People of Coal project were first on display in a unique Red UFO show space at OZ Mall, Krasnodar, during the International Festival of Photography PhotoVisa in 2016. The exhibition attracted many people including Italian guests of the Festival. As a result, it was presented at the professional photography forum FIOF in Orvieto (Italy) in April 2017 and traveled across the country during the summer. In September 2017, The People of Coal became the capstone of The Glory of Russia—Coal Miners exhibition which was timed to coincide with the Miner's Day celebration (inherited by Russia from the USSR) and took place in the Central House of Artists in Moscow. It was sponsored by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and the Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK).

In 2018, The Glory of Russia—Coal Miners exhibition will tour throughout Russia, China and other countries of the world. Its catalog has been published already and The People of Coal photo book devoted to the three-year long project is on the way.

About the author of The People of Coal project

Photographer Maxim Marmur. Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in 1968. His career began in 1987 when he worked in the editorial team of Molodoy Sibiryak (Young Siberian) in Omsk. Worked as a photojournalist in Omskaya Pravda (Omsk Truth), Vecherny Omsk (Evening Omsk), and Sovetsky Voin (Soviet Warrior). In the 1990s, Maxim contributed to Komsomolskaya Pravda (Komsomol Truth), Moskovskiye Novosti (Moscow News), Russky Telegraf (Russian Telegraph), 1998–2003—photojournalist of Associated Press (USA); in 2003–2008—of Agence France-Presse. In 1996 and 2000—finalist of the Pulitzer Prize within the Moscow team of Associated Press. In 2001—winner of the Award of Excellence at the Pictures of the Year International. In 2006—2nd place winner in Newspaper/Global News category at the Best of Photojournalism contest. Since 2008—freelance photographer. Nikon ambassador in Russia

The People of Coal exhibitions are curated by Irina Chmyreva, Ph.D. in art history, senior researcher of the Russian Academy of Arts; designer—Konstantin Eremenko; exhibition engineer—Vladimir Sergienko; print master—Alexander Malyshev; architect and assistant curator- Catherine Krylova.

Photograps by Thomas Kellner