“Less Than One” is a portrait of Russia’s outermost regions. The project was shot between 2006 and 2008 in areas with a population density of less than one person per square kilometer.

Alexander Gronsky was born in 1980 in Tallinn, Estonia. In 1998, he began working as a professional photographer. His work has since been published in Esquire Russia, National Geographic, Ojode Pez, Art+Auction, Condé Nast Traveller, and FOAM Magazine. In 2009, he won the Linhof Young Photographer Award, the Aperture Portfolio Prize, and was in the Critical Mass Top 50. He currently lives in Moscow and is a member of the Photographer.ru photo agency.

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