Anastasia Chernyavsky

Anastasia Chernyavsky is a Russian-born photographer, who currently resides in the San Francisco Bay area, California.[1]

Life and work

Chernyavsky was born in Kazan, Russia. Her first photographic equipment was a Zenit E camera her father gave her as a gift when she was 15 years old.[1]

She is a freelance photographer for agencies, magazines or private clients, having worked as a professional photographer for civil events.[2]

She became famous in 2013 when her series of self-portraits, featuring her and her children naked, went viral in social media and the blogosphere, and were subsequently censored by Facebook,[3][4][5] with some commentators from the mainstream press comparing her compositions to neoclassical paintings, such as the "Madonna del Parto" of Piero della Francesca.[6]

Chernyavsky currently resides in the San Francisco Bay area, with her husband and their three children. She often uses for her work the nom de plume Styush.[7]

See also

References
  1. Anastasia Chernyavsky's official website
  2. E.g. Photo of couple in marriage announcement in 'The New York Times', 15 June 2008
  3. "Foto Censurata, Vi Spiego Com'è Andata" ("Censored Photo, I'll Explain What Happened") in Buulb, 9 June 2013 (in Italian)
  4. "La foto censurada por Facebook" Archived June 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine ("The photo censored by Facebook") by Macarena Bradley in Contrastes, 27 May 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. "Η φωτογραφία τής γυμνής μητέρας πού διχάζει το διαδίκτυο" ("Nude Mother's Photo splits Internet Opinion") in Proto Thema, 13 June 2013 (in Greek)
  6. "Madonna Post-Parto, 2013: Anastasia Chernyavsky, l’icona della mamma che lavora" ("Madonna Post Partum, 2013: Anastasia Chernyavsky, the icon of the working mom") by Pier Andrea Canei in La ventisettesima ora, 13 June 2013 (in Italian)
  7. "Anastasia Chernyavsky", from the Wird-photo website
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