Background
Daughter of a diplomat, Natalia Turine lived in France from 1973 to 1980.
Daughter of a diplomat, Natalia Turine lived in France from 1973 to 1980.
At 16, she returned to Moscow, where she graduated from the Foreign Languages Institute.
Her main activity since 2003 is photography. As her approach is frequently linked with narration, Natalia defines it in one word: SHORTPHOTOGRAPHY, in reference to the symbolic of the short film genre in cinema. Today, she lives and works in Paris, France.
Russian Period
After having obtained her degree, Natalia Turine joined in 1987 the first Russian television channel Gosteleradio.
She created Express Kamera with Mikael Makarenkov, a Russian society television show. In 1995, she became artistic director of the Russian television channel RTR. She was named vice-president of the Russian Culture Foundation, of which the cineaste Nikita Mikhalkov was president, from 1999 to 2001.
Aside from her television activities, Natalia Turine starts writing provocative articles and novels, such as The Singing Bird published in the Russian edition of Citizen K. She gets published regularly in the magazine SNOB dedicated to literature in Russian. Her photographs also appear in these same magazines.
In 2013, Natalia Turine participated in the writing of the 12 Months collection together with 11 famous writers such as Limonov, Petrushevskaya, Tolstaïa, Granine and Prilepine.
French Period
In 1990, Natalia Turine was invited for a carte blanche by France 2, a French television channel, to participate in a daily section of the evening 8PM television news called Regard. In 1991, she launched with Patrick Le Lay and TF1’s participation the project of creating the first private television channel of ex-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. From 1992 to 1994, Natalia Turine also presented the television show Paristroika, that she was the author, on MCM. In 1994, she became the presenter of Macadam Music on FR3. In 2013, Natalia Turine was invited to display her art at the photography exhibition PHOTO OFF in Paris.
