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Olya Ivanova

Olya Ivanova is documentary photographer from Moscow. Her work has been published in the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian Weekend, Monocle, Bloomberg, Neon, Port and other magazines around the world. In her free time she photographs Russian villages and studies at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

Off-road in Siberia: step into the untamed expanse of the Russian wilderness

Off-road in Siberia: step into the untamed expanse of the Russian wilderness

Beyond the smog: see the secret sanctuaries of Russia’s declining factory towns

Beyond the smog: see the secret sanctuaries of Russia’s declining factory towns

Dagestan diaries: we rode 1500 km across the Caucasus and renewed our faith in humanity

Dagestan diaries: we rode 1500 km across the Caucasus and renewed our faith in humanity

Road to Altai: a 953km trip through southern Russia becomes a journey into the Soviet past

Road to Altai: a 953km trip through southern Russia becomes a journey into the Soviet past

History channel: biography of a watwerway, story of a nation

History channel: biography of a watwerway, story of a nation

Country life: the women at the heart of the Russian village

Country life: the women at the heart of the Russian village

Girl’s own: portraits from the Russian village that’s no country for men

Girl’s own: portraits from the Russian village that’s no country for men

The village: Olya Ivanova reframes rural life in the Russian North

The village: Olya Ivanova reframes rural life in the Russian North