Victor Kataev

Victor Kataev was born and raised in Moscow, Russia. After an exchange program with Kiel University he finished his medical studies in Germany and has lived in Kiel for more than 20 years now. Changing perspectives, in a long-term project he explores life in the hospital via the camera. His photographs focus on the everyday and offer access to the grim in the usual. His latest project Dapio is about being the father of two. For this work he received the Jury Prize of the RFLXN 07.

“Twelve”, a story about how to remember what was forgotten

The tram stopped on Kastanienallee, past the house where Micha lived. Or still lives? I do not know that anymore. It went north to Weißensee. Past the small cinema. Once we were there very late and very drunk, I think there were three of us, and we were alone in…

Documentary

23 August 2023

Being in the hospital

This series was shot in a hospital in northern Germany. I took photographs there for over 10 years. 7.2 days is the average length of stay in German hospitals. This project is not about showing the sick, the morbid. It is much more about the personal aspect of being in…

Finding Dapio

Since I became a father, my permanent solitude and melancholia that had always accompanied me in my life seemed to have left me.

“Twelve”, a story about how to remember what was forgotten

Being in the hospital

Finding Dapio

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