Kirill Razumov is a blogger and author who has been interested in photography for many years. His first photo exhibition was held in June 2008. It was followed by solo exhibitions at the Youth Theater on Fontanka, the Historical Architectural and Art Museum of Kronstadt, the Rachmaninov Hotel in St. Petersburg, the Merihotelli Mäntyniemi & Saimaanranta hotels and Café Red in Finland. In 2010, a selection of Kirill’s photographs, dedicated to the nature of Finland, was published in the magazine “Welcome to Finland”. The majority of his works, made during the 2008 – 2018 period, were devoted to the nature of Finland, country, which has always inspired the photographer.
Since 2018, he has also begun to try his hand at yacht photography, shooting at the international regatta Ust Luga Cup, the 2018 and 2019 Championships in the Dragon class, and the 2019 National Sailing League race in St. Petersburg and others. For several years in a row, Kirill has participated in the international yacht photography competition Yacht Racing image Award.
As for the writing, my specialisation is Rock Music history. In 2019-2023 I have done interviews with Carl Magnus Palm, official ABBA’s biographer & writer; Peter Hince, legendary QUEEN band’s Roadie #1 for 12 years, assistant of Freddie Mercury and author of “Queen Unseen” book; Ken Hensley, founder of the legendary URIAH HEEP rock band; Merrell Fankhauser, legend of American surf rock music; Suzi Quatro, world famous rock singer and bass guitar player and few more less known celebrities . All of those interviews are available at my YouTube channel and in a book, which was recently published.
I have also done number of historical research, identifying some previously unknown facts, related to such artists and bands, as Beatles, Rolling Stones, Klaus Voormann, Joan Baez.
My current research is devoted to the one of the world’s greatest rock idols, the musician, singer, and poet Bob Dylan’s visit to USSR in mid -1980s and his later connections with Russia. After 2 years of collecting and studying previously unknown facts I wrote a book “Bob Dylan in USSR: People, places, events”, which will be published during spring 2025.