Anastasia Chernyavsky Explained

Anastasia Chernyavsky is a Russian-born photographer, who currently resides in the San Francisco Bay area, California.[1]

Life and work

Chernyavsky was born in Kazan, Russia. Her first photographic equipment was a Zenit E camera her father gave her as a gift when she was 15 years old.[1]

She is a freelance photographer for agencies, magazines or private clients, having worked as a professional photographer for civil events.[2]

She became famous in 2013 when her series of self-portraits, featuring her and her children naked, went viral in social media and the blogosphere, and were subsequently censored by Facebook,[3] [4] [5] with some commentators from the mainstream press comparing her compositions to neoclassical paintings, such as the "Madonna del Parto" of Piero della Francesca.[6]

Chernyavsky currently resides in the San Francisco Bay area, with her husband and their three children. She often uses for her work the pen name Styush.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.styush.com/ Anastasia Chernyavsky
  2. E.g. Photo of couple in marriage announcement in 'The New York Times', 15 June 2008
  3. http://buulb.com/2013/06/09/anastasia-chernyavsky-a-buulb-foto-censurata-da-facebook-vi-spiego-come-andata "Foto Censurata, Vi Spiego Com'è Andata"
  4. http://contrastesmag.com.ar/la-foto-censurada-por-facebook/ "La foto censurada por Facebook"
  5. http://www.protothema.gr/world/article/286175/h-fotografia-ths-gymnhs-mhteras-poy-dixazei-to-diadiktyo/ "Η φωτογραφία τής γυμνής μητέρας πού διχάζει το διαδίκτυο"
  6. http://27esimaora.corriere.it/articolo/madonna-post-parto-2013-anastasia-chernyavsky-licona-della-mamma-che-lavora/ "Madonna Post-Parto, 2013: Anastasia Chernyavsky, l’icona della mamma che lavora"
  7. http://wird.com.ua/archives/95498 "Anastasia Chernyavsky"