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Black-and-white stairwell with a crowd of people blurred to resemble smoke
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Alexey Titarenko, Vasileostrovskaya Metro Station (Variant 4 Crowd 2), Saint Petersburg, from the series City of Shadows, 1992. Toned gelatin silver print; 17 x 17 inches. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Phaedra Harbaugh & Boris Sepesi, 2020.201. © Alexey Titarenko

Anderman Photography Lecture: Alexey Titarenko

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Photographer Alexey Titarenko explores the character of a city and its people, blending the reality of a moment with metaphor. By using long exposure times and darkroom techniques, he makes photographs that evoke a mood and the passage of time.

Titarenko grew up and studied photography in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia). He first made collages and photomontages commenting on the oppressive communist regime but after the fall of the Soviet Union, he shifted focus. Inspired by literature and music, he began making pictures that poetically express the feelings and the stories of the lives of people in St. Petersburg. Alexey Titarenko took this approach to photographing other cities including Venice, Italy, Havana, Cuba, and New York City, where he lives and works today.

Following this talk, there will be a book signing of the new expanded edition of The City is a Novel (2025).

This program is presented in connection with the photography exhibition What We’ve Been Up To: People, on view February 8 through September 29, 2026.

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Sharp Auditorium—Hamilton Building, Lower Level
Ticket required, discount for members, free for Museum Friends and students.
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The Anderman Photography Lecture Series

This event is part of the 2025-26 Anderman Photography Lecture Series.

Older couple surrounded by tall birch trees

Alexey Titarenko, Birch Trees, Lake near Ozerki Metro Station, St. Petersburg, from the series Time Standing Still, 1999. Gelatin silver print; 15 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Phaedra Harbaugh, DDS and Boris Sepesi, MD in honor of Teresa Harbaugh, 2017.373 © Alexey Titarenko

Collage of a black and white photograph and newspaper prints

Alexey Titarenko, KBG 425 (Version 2), from the series Nomenklatura of Signs, Leningrad 1987. Collage with gelatin silver photograph, red tissue, newspaper, and paint. Image courtesy and © Alexey Titarenkoe series Nomenklatura of Signs, Leningrad 1987. Collage with gelatin silver photograph, red tissue, newspaper, and paint. Image courtesy and © Alexey Titarenko

Woman standing no a street corner

Alexey Titarenko, Street Scene, Square near Vasileostrovskaya Metro Station, Saint Petersburg, from the series City of Shadows, 1992. Gelatin silver print. Image courtesy and © Alexey Titarenko

Kids skating on a snowy ice rink

Alexey Titarenko, Ice Skating (Glove), St. Petersburg, from the series Time Standing Still, 2000. Gelatin silver print; 14 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Phaedra Harbaugh, DDS and Boris Sepesi, MD in honor of Teresa Harbaugh, 2017.369 © Alexey Titarenko

Man walking down the street with circles of light encase around him

Alexey Titarenko, Sun Circles, Venice, 2007. Toned gelatin silver print; 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Phaedra Harbaugh & Boris Sepesi, 2020.204 © Alexey Titarenko

Abstract collage made out of photographs and newspaper print

Alexey Titarenko, Female Worker (Version 4), from the series Nomenklatura of Signs, Leningrad 1987-89. Photomontage with silver reducer, toned gelatin silver print. Image courtesy and © Alexey Titarenko

Man walking the New York City streets under an umbrella on a rainy day

Alexey Titarenko, Fifth Avenue, New York, 2010. Toned gelatin silver print; 17 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Phaedra Harbaugh & Boris Sepesi, 2020.214 © Alexey Titarenko

Older couple surrounded by tall birch trees
Collage of a black and white photograph and newspaper prints
Woman standing no a street corner
Kids skating on a snowy ice rink
Man walking down the street with circles of light encase around him
Abstract collage made out of photographs and newspaper print
Man walking the New York City streets under an umbrella on a rainy day

The Anderman Photography Lecture Series presents talks by the preeminent creators and thinkers in photography today. Series funding is generously provided by Evan and Elizabeth Anderman.