He studied at the Faculty of Press Photographers at the St Petersburg House of Journalists. From 2010 to 2013 he took part in several educational programs and workshops organised by Fotodepartament and ROSFOTO. Since 2013 he has been studying Photography and Time-Based Media at Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Usti nad Labem, in the Czech Republic. He self-published two photobooks (2011 and 2013) and is the publisher of Zoopark Magazine with photographer Tatyana Palyga.