Ilya Zakharin

Ilya Zakharin is a portrait photographer and visual artist born in 1996 in Saratov, Russia, and based in Germany since 2019. Ilya is known for his charismatic portraits and abstract, conceptual photographs that explore themes such as queer identity, male sexuality, and body language. He completed his photographic training at the renowned Berlin school Lette Verein, where he also further developed his visual language. His works are characterized by a minimalist, atmospheric portrayal of his subjects' identities, marked by a particular sensitivity to human appearance and experience.