A Life's Work In 100 Moments
For the great Russian photographer Sergey Maximishin, choosing 100 of his best images for a book was too challenging a task to take on himself. In order to create an objective collection of his finest work, the 51-year-old enlisted the help of three trusted colleagues. The results are now on display in Prague’s Zahradnik Gallery. From a brooding Vladimir Putin to the flash of a ferryman’s gold teeth, Maximishin's photographs are at once journalism and art.
![A model of the Kremlin built from ice, 2006](https://gdb.rferl.org/ab5dee00-85a3-449d-99f2-29918ec9dbda_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A model of the Kremlin built from ice, 2006
![Ferryman, 2006](https://gdb.rferl.org/128e54b6-64ab-44f6-9eea-1403024d6018_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ferryman, 2006
![Intellectually disabled actors of the Naive Theater drinking tea in St. Petersburg, 2005](https://gdb.rferl.org/d21e2af5-8d4e-4808-9320-d3662bebd58e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Intellectually disabled actors of the Naive Theater drinking tea in St. Petersburg, 2005
![Sailors in Sevastopol, 2007](https://gdb.rferl.org/ac618a24-ce04-48fe-8889-f554ed9abc9f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sailors in Sevastopol, 2007
![A woman yawns as she tries to sell a puppy at a street market in St. Petersburg, 1999.](https://gdb.rferl.org/31545dff-2522-4762-996f-7f5c1e3742fc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman yawns as she tries to sell a puppy at a street market in St. Petersburg, 1999.
![Vladimir Putin caught in a shaft of sunlight, St. Petersburg, 2003. Maximishin says this has become his most famous photograph.](https://gdb.rferl.org/0168d49e-5e26-4b7c-b905-fe89e8986864_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vladimir Putin caught in a shaft of sunlight, St. Petersburg, 2003. Maximishin says this has become his most famous photograph.
![Animal remains at a fur factory near St. Petersburg, 2002](https://gdb.rferl.org/ac01752b-7bd0-4d04-96bc-c091a3cfee22_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Animal remains at a fur factory near St. Petersburg, 2002
![A theological college in Daghestan, 2008](https://gdb.rferl.org/32f0f092-cab6-4e70-af21-2f3797c24805_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A theological college in Daghestan, 2008
![A Russian soldier in Chechnya, 2001](https://gdb.rferl.org/b791da1e-f2a3-4645-a7d6-790c48f0a330_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Russian soldier in Chechnya, 2001
![A girl with a broken mirror on the shore of Zaisan Lake, Kazakhstan, 2005](https://gdb.rferl.org/fbc0d84c-7b46-4926-92dc-aec8eddca613_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl with a broken mirror on the shore of Zaisan Lake, Kazakhstan, 2005
![Photographer Sergey Maximishin](https://gdb.rferl.org/4f4a4d9a-db6c-47d8-8407-6411a720eed4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Photographer Sergey Maximishin