Irkutsk photographers Vladimir Smirnov and Alexey Trofimov won the The Best of Russia 2015 contest in the Nature category

The results of the prestigious photo contest The Best of Russia 2015 are in, in the Nature category the winners were photographers Vladimir Smirnov from Irkutsk and Alexey Trofimov from Bratsk. This year more than 20 thousand photos from nearly 600 cities were submitted, and the best works will be included in the annual album and shown at the exhibition at the WINZAVOD Center for Contemporary Art.

The results of the prestigious photo contest The Best of Russia 2015 ("The Best Photos of Russia") have been summed up. Officially, the results of the contest will be announced later, but it has already become known that photographers Vladimir Smirnov (Irkutsk) and Alexey Trofimov (Bratsk) became winners in the "Nature" category.
Background: The all-Russian Best of Russia contest was organized eight years ago by the WINZAVOD Center for Contemporary Art with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. In 2015, more than 20,000 photos from nearly 600 cities were submitted to the contest in five sections: "Architecture", "Nature", "People. Events. Everyday Life", "Style" and the special theme - "War and Peace Within Us".

The photographs of the project winners are published in the annual Best of Russia album and exhibited at the exhibition at the WINZAVOD Center for Contemporary Art.