«The Most Beautiful Country» in San Francisco

Photo by the press-service of charitable public fund «Renova Fort Ross»
Photo by the press-service of charitable public fund «Renova Fort Ross»

Picturesque views of Russia for the day adorned San Francisco, where the first in the USA exhibition of works of finalists and winners of the photo contest «The Most Beautiful Country» was successfully held.

«The mostbeautiful country» - is a scale media project of the Russian Geographical Society, aimed at the fostering respect for the environment through the art of photography.

The participants of the international forum «Fort Ross Dialogue» became the visitors of the exhibition. Politicians, cultural figures, diplomats, businessmen discussed the issues of humanitarian cooperation between Russia and the United States during that meeting.

 

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Photo by the press-service of charitable public fund "Renova Fort Ross"
Photo by the press-service of charitable public fund "Renova Fort Ross"

There have been presented 33 works of the four nominations of the photo contest – «Reserve Russia», «Animals», «The Escaping Heritage», «The Peoples of Russia». The visitors admired the majestic volcano Tolbachak, expanses of the national park «Plescheevo Lake», rare cadres of Far Eastern leopards and other natural attractions of our country.

«We have heard many words of gratitude and admiration for the talent of photographers and the beauty of Russia,» - it is remembered  in the charitable public fund «Renova Fort Ross», with the assistance of which the exhibition was organized.

In the future, the works of «The Most Beautiful Country» are planned to be shown in the historic park of Fort Ross, a former Russian settlement in California.

 

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Photo by Vasily Baranyuk, the winner of the II photo contest «The most beautiful country»
Photo by Vasily Baranyuk, the winner of the II photo contest «The most beautiful country»

There have been organized and held about 70 photo exhibitions in various cities of Russia and abroad by the Society since the beginning of the year of 2017, more than 4,5 million people have already managed to enjoy the views of «The most beautiful country».