The activities of ROSPHOTO, the State Centre of Photography founded in 2002 by the Russian Ministry for Culture, embrace exhibitions, scientific research and educational programs.

    The Centre exhibits works of well known national and international masters of photography, as well as young talented artists working in the genres of contemporary art closely connected with photography: video-art, photographic installations, animation, experimental cinema.

    With approximately fifty exhibitions a year, many of the Centre's projects are developed in cooperation with reputable international organizations such as Goethe Institute (Germany), Mondriaan Foundation (the Netherlands), Nordic Cultural Foundation (Denmark), French Institute, Danish Culture Institute.

    Most important projects in ROSPHOTO are the ones that unite exhibition with research. Such projects make progress not only in expositional work but also in scientific research. Moreover, they often result in publications that regard photography from the angle of history and art history. Such projects, bearing an undoubted scientific value, are usually conducted by ROSPHOTO in collaboration with the Russian National Library (St.-Petersburg), Musee d'Orsay (Paris), European Institute of Restoration and Graphics (Paris), Musee de l'Elysee (Lausanne, Switzerland) and other important research and museum centres