Irina Petrova
AWARDS
2020 3rd place winner of the scientific photo contest by Wikipedia associated with Wikimedia and Russian tv-channel Nauka.tv “Take scientific photos for Wikipedia”;
2020 1st place winner of MIFA 2020, Nature-Flowers;
2020 2nd place winner of MIFA 2020, Nature-Pets;
2020 2nd place winner of MIFA 2020, Science-Other;
2020 MIFA 2020 Honorable mention in Science-Medicine;
2020 MIFA 2020 Honorable mention in Science-Other;
2020 Winner in an international photo contest FotoRoomOPEN | ACN edition for women photographers in the Single Images category;
2020 3rd Chania International Photo Festival 2020 Winner;
2020 FAPA 2020 Nominee in WildLife/Animals;
2020 Featured on Wikipedia (Wikimedia has 58,692,616 photos and images in its library and only 0,022% become recognized as the best and are featured);
2019 APA 2019 Honorable mention in WildLife;
2019 3rd place winner of TIFA 2019, Science-Other;
2019 1st place winner of Chromatic Awards in Wildlife and Animals;
2019 ND Awards: ND NATURE DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR 2019;
2019 ND Awards the 1st place winner and Gold Star Award in NATURE: MACRO category;
2019 Winner of "American Horror Week" illustration contest by The American Cultural Center in Russia;
2019 2nd place winner of IPA 2019, NATURE/MACRO;
2019 3rd place winner of SONY european community photo contest "Bugs";
2019 1st place winner of the scientific photo contest by Wikipedia associated with Wikimedia and Russian tv-channel Nauka.tv “Take scientific photos for Wikipedia”;
2019 Grand Jury winner of the photo contest "Elements of Science - 2019";
2018 2nd place winner of SONY european community photo contest "Yellow";
2018 1st place winner of the scientific photo contest by Wikipedia associated with Wikimedia and Russian tv-channel Nauka.tv “Take scientific photos for Wikipedia”;
2018 Winner in “Last November's Favorite” Photo Challenge on Viewbug;
2018 Winner in “Out Side Reality's Grasp” Photo Challenge on Viewbug;
2018 Winner in “Halloween Costumes” Photo Challenge on Viewbug;
2018 People's Choice in“Harmonious Colors” Photo Challenge on Viewbug;
2017 Winner in “The macro textures” Photo Challenge on Viewbug;
2017 Winner in “..be alive” Photo Challenge on Viewbug;
2017 Winner in “Where Phantasy is born” Photo Challenge on Viewbug;
2017 Amatuer Winner in "Feline Beauty" photo contest on Viewbug;
2017 #CyberSummer Lookbook contest Winner;
2016 #BMSpookbook2016 Halloween Contest Winner.
EXHIBITIONS
2020 Trieste Photo Days 2020 festival in Trieste, Italy.
2020 3rd Chania International Photo Festival 2020 in Chania, Greece;
2020 The group exhibition "Emergence" of The Glasgow Gallery of Photography in Glasgow, The United Kingdom;
2019 The group exhibition "About The Future" of the Loosen Art Gallery in Rome, Italy;
2019 The group exhibition "Game" of the Loosen Art Gallery in Rome, Italy;
2019 The group exhibition "Take scientific photos" in Novosibirsk, Chita, Tver, Rostov, Krasnoyarsk, Kursk and Nizhny Novgorod;
2019 The group exhibition "Take scientific photos" in the Muzeon Park of Arts in Moscow;
2019 The group exhibition "Moustaches and Beards" in The State Darwin Museum in Moscow;
2019 The group exhibition "Elements of Science - 2019" at the Center for Cultural Development;
2017 "Summer in July" group art show in Melbourne.
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
CAMERA MODEL: Sony Alpha NEX-6.
LENSES: MC Jupiter-37A, Industar-50-2 50mm f/3,5, Industar 61L/Z, ZENITAR-M, Minolta MC Rokkor-PG 50mm f/1.4, MC 3M-5CA, Pentakta 30 mm f/ 2.8, SMC Takumar 200mm f/4, Canon FD 4/70-210.
SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Flash, Camera RAW, Helicon Focus, Zerene Stacker.
OTHER SKILLS
Drawing with markers and felt-tip pens, sculpting and modeling, creation of props for photo shoots, blogging, copywriting, social media marketing.
KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES
Russian, English.