About Mikhail Paramonov: Fine-Art Photographer

Mikhail Paramonov is a fine-art photographer known for his intimate portraiture, exploring themes of silence, intimacy, youth, and natural presence. His artistic practice focuses on the delicate intersection of light, breath, and those unguarded human moments — when an individual stops performing and simply exists. By employing minimalism and natural light photography, Paramonov creates a visual realm where the body becomes an extension of the landscape, and emotions are revealed through stillness rather than posed expressions. His photographs embody a blend of softness, directness, and a subtle cinematic tension, resulting in images that feel both intimate and timeless.

Over the past two decades, Paramonov has cultivated a consistent artistic language centered around trust and the absence of theatricality. He predominantly utilizes available light and works in unconstructed environments, allowing each image to develop organically rather than through direction or staging.

His work has gained international recognition, being published and exhibited in museum and gallery spaces across Russia and Europe. Mikhail Paramonov’s monographs feature collaborations with established European art publishers, alongside limited-run artist editions, and his images have been included in various curated museum publications.

Selected Exhibitions

Beauty Without Glamour

Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, 2013

Eros: The Times and People

Central Exhibition Hall Manege, St. Petersburg, 2007

Fled and Shot

Gallery REFLEX, Moscow, 2003

(Dedicated to Tinto Brass)

Selected Publications

(International fine-art editions, curated monographs, museum releases)

Beauty Without Glamour

Russian Museum Publication, 2013

Museum monograph accompanying the exhibition. A study of unembellished presence and natural emotional clarity.

Natural Light Portraits

Goliath Books, 2018

A fine-art collection exploring the quiet intensity of form and atmosphere through natural light.

Silent Forms

Edition Reuss, 2019

A curated series of minimalist portraits focused on gesture, mood, and emotional transparency.

Youth and Stillness

Goliath Books, 2012

Observations of fragile transition, tenderness, and quiet transformation.

Embrace of Light

Edition Reuss, 2016

An intimate sequence of outdoor natural-light studies captured in remote spaces.

Tender Bodies

Goliath Books, 2021

A monograph dedicated to purity of form, warmth, and organic sensuality.

Human Landscapes

Edition Reuss, 2020

An interplay between environment, gesture, and subtle emotional depth.

Eros: The Times and People

Manege Publishing, 2007

Published for the exhibition at the Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg.

Digital Editions (2018–2024)

Private digital monographs available to collectors and institutions. (Full catalogue available upon request.)

Press (selected)

Playboy — Feature, 2017

Penthouse — Feature, 2015

(Presented only as editorial features, not as primary artistic publications.)

Artist Statement

I work with light, silence, and trust. My photographs are born in moments where a person is no longer performing — where presence replaces pose, and the world becomes still enough for something real to appear.