Bio

Igor Skabelin is a documentary photographer from Russia, based in Moscow. In his personal projects he explores themes of social inequality, human rights, political and civic activism. In 2021-2024 he studied at the Docdocdoc school. His work has been published in MBK Media, Project media, Greenpeace, the Telegram channel Avtozak LIVE, TASS and Skillbox. Igor won Pictures of the Year Asia 2024 (POY Asia) in the Issue Reporting Picture Story category. He is a finalist in the Mediaburger-2021 contest for young journalists of the 7×7 Horizontal Russia online magazine in the Photo Reportage category.