MOUSTACHE AND GLASSES

Street Photography. Made by the most UNCOMMON.

NIKITA STUPIN


NIKITA STUPIN - a Russian-Canadian photographer and the founder of the creative street photography crew "Moustache & Glasses." He is an adept of the classical Straight Photography style. Behind the photographer, there are more than 25 exhibitions, both in Russia and North America, including the USA. In addition to international venues, Nikita Stupin's exhibitions have met with success at "Red October," Fotoloft Gallery at The Winery, Artplay gallery, and other art platforms in Moscow.

At the heart of his keen insight and unique approach to works lies not only his talent, but also his degree in the field of clinical psychiatry.

Nikita is a member of the Russian Photo Union and an international organization of photographers called Group 7. He serves as a teacher in the photography faculty at the Institute of Arts Education in Moscow, Toronto Film School in Canada, and MOMMA in Moscow. He is a former member of the international organization Fujifilm X-Photographers and a former ambassador of Fujifilm Europe and RICOH Japan. He is the author of multiple publications on Street photography and the phenomenon of Straight Photography, as well as his own technique of "contactless shooting" for Eye Shot Magazine, Eye Magazine, and Street Photography Magazine.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Birch Libralato Gallery Toronto 2011

YYZ Artists’ Outlet Toronto 2011

Scrap Metal Gallery Toronto 2012

Power Plant Gallery Toronto 2012

Artplay Club Exhibition Moscow 2013

"Moments" D.E.V.E. Gallery Moscow Jan 2014

"Open City" FotoLoft Gallery Moscow Oct 2014

" Intimate Diaries" Artplay Moscow Jan 2015

“SKINZ x LISBOA” Lisbon 2021

“E.L.A.” Lisbon 2023

WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT

The world of Moustaches & Glasses immerses you in a very special black-and-white narrative, where the line between reality and the photograph is so fine that you can barely discern it. Our philosophy is simple: we are custodians of old-school, straightforward, and truthful photography. That's why we represent the distinct and highly recognizable genre of Straight Photography. Pictures created with this technique completely eschew any prior staging of a shot and subsequent retouching. The attention-grabbing composition of a photograph is achieved solely through the concept of the 'decisive moment,' a term once introduced by the great Henri Cartier-Bresson.