Mary Gelman
St Petersburg, Russia
Mary Gelman is a VII Photo Agency Member photographer based in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
In 2016 she graduated School of Modern Photography Docdocdoc (Saint - Petersburg) and was a participant in various international and local workshops. She works as a photojournalist and teacher. The most important part of her professional life is personal projects. She explores the larger world through close personal narratives. Mary focuses on a study of issues of gender and body, boundary and identity, discrimination and the human relationship with the environment.
Mary has been a winner of different competitions. She's the recipient of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award, Portraits - Hellerau Photography Award, Istanbul Photo Awards, Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest.

2018 - Leica Oskar Barnack Award, 2019 - Portraits - Hellerau Photography Award
- Breaking news
- Conflict
- Crisis
- Environment
- Events
- Interview
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Still life