Alexander Bondar (b.1982) finished press photography school in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 2008 but never worked as a press photographer. Since 2007 he have worked on personal photography projects using documentary and street photography style. Over the years he participated in educational programs for photographers and art courses, organized by Fotodepartament foundation (Saint Petersburg) and ROSFOTO (Saint Petersburg), participated in international photography and bookmaking workshops in Saint Petersburg, Latvia, Turkey and Denmark. In 2017 he graduated from the MA program in J.E. Purkyne University in Usti and Labem, Czech Republic and was on a student exchange program in Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in Poland in 2014-2015. He prefers the book form to present his project and he’s really fond of making books. Since 2016 he’s a part of the Zoopark Publishing Collective.