1938

A classic of social documentary photography. Mikhailov was born in Kharkiv on August 25, 1935. After graduating as an engineer, he began to study photography on his own, and worked as a photographer at a factory for about 40 years. Mikhailov's first exhibition took place in the late 1960s. Winner of the Hasselblad Prize (the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for photographers). He represented Ukraine at the Venice Biennale in 2007 and 2017. Works at MoMA (New York), Tate Modern (London).