Born 1981 in Grodno and based in Minsk (Belarus). Since 2004 Andrei taught a course on Photojournalism at the European Humanities University in Vilnius (Lithuania). His works are published in international media as The New York Times, Le Figaro, Newsweek, Die Zeit, Spiegel, GEO, Vanity Fair, Readers Digest and the International Herald Tribune. In 2009 Andrei won a prize at the Humanity Photo Awards for his work ”Pagan traditions in Belarus”, late that year the project was among finalists of “Magnum Expression Award”. Later Andrei wins 1st Prize at the Polish Photography Contest dedicated to 170 Years of Photography. And in 2010 Andrei won OSCE photo contest.