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Was
born in 1961 in
Moscow. After
graduating from a construction college works in the construction design
institute, then as a controller in VOHR. In 1986-1987 he attends classes at the
Studio of Art Photography of Alexander Lapin, in 1986-1987 working in the
rock-self-publishing. In 1987,
in the house of culture of the Moscow State University
A.Lapin holds the first solo exhibition of I.Muhina, after the exhibition, the
studio of A.Lapina at MSU gets closed. Since 1987 a member of "Direct
photography" group. In 1989 leaves his job and starts working as an
independent / free-lance photographer. At the time of perestroika and publicity
makes an independent photo-project about the Soviet youth and rock musicians
(portraits of Victor Tsoi, Boris Grebenshchikov, Peter Mamonov, Dunya Smirnova
(in the rock band "Tupiye"), Alexander Bashlachev). Photos of this
period are published in the books of Artemiy Troitskiy «ROCK in Russland»
(1989) and «TUSOVKA. Who’s who in the new soviet rock culture / Hangout"
(1990). Work on the first creative photo-project: "Youth of the Big City"
(portraits of the informal Soviet youth), shooting was held in Moscow,
Leningrad, Vilnius,
Riga, etc., in
1985 -1989 years. Works from this project multiple times were displayed at
exhibitions and published in books and media in the Soviet Union, Russia and
abroad. In the late 1980s begins working on an independent photo projects.
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