Chelyabinsk Photographer Wins Top Russian Photo Award

Yana Zyryanova from Snezhinsk has won the prestigious Russian Photo Awards-2025 for her work 'Chicks' in the children's staged photography category.

Feb 10, 2026

Yana Zyryanova, based in Snezhinsk, creates visually striking images that often feature children and adolescents.
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Photographer Yana Zyryanova from Snezhinsk has received the prestigious Russian Photo Awards-2025 prize, with her work «Chicks» recognized as the best in the «Children»s Staged Photography« category. This was reported by 74.RU from the competition»s organizing committee.

Her work frequently involves staged photography with children, capturing playful and imaginative scenes.
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Yana Zyryanova / russianphotoawards.com

Representatives of the Russian Photo Awards call the prize the «Oscar» for photographers. In 2025, the competition received 13,814 entries in 27 categories. The photos were judged by a jury of 60 expert photographers.

Ushakov completed his «Quiet Forms» series in spring, exploring minimalist and abstract compositions.
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Igor Ushakov / russianphotoawards.com

The works of another Chelyabinsk photographer, Igor Ushakov, made it into the top 100 of the spring selection series of the competition and became part of the «Photo of the Year» exhibition in Saint Petersburg.

His photographs reference the artistic styles of pioneers like Kazimir Malevich and René Magritte.
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Igor Ushakov / russianphotoawards.com

Igor Ushakov has been engaged in professional photography for only a few years, since 2022. By the way, we recently told the story of a shooting range manufacturer from Chelyabinsk who suddenly became a photographer in the «nude» genre. His works have already been noted in the significant international award 35Awards.