Background
Sergei Brushko was born on May 28, 1958 in the village of Gorodeya, near the town of Niasvizh, Minsk region.
Sergei Brushko was born on May 28, 1958 in the village of Gorodeya, near the town of Niasvizh, Minsk region.
He finished school with a golden medal.
After serving in the army, he entered a vocational school in Molodechno to become a photography technologist.
After leaving school, he decided to enroll at the Geography Department of Belarusian State University, but failed the entrance exams, he had not gained enough points for admission to the Faculty.
After serving in the army, he entered a vocational school in Molodechno to become a photography technologist, being later directed to work as a studio photographer in Soligorsk. However, he immediately tried to find a more free and challenging work and was noticed as a freelance photographer, first in a local regional newspaper, and then in the national newspaper "Chyrvonaya Zmena". He worked on the theme of the Chernobyl tragedy, which became a priority, permeating his work. Brushko published large reports on women's prisons, street children and dying villages. The subject of village style life was also to become one of the dominants in the author’s works. This active period of creativity of Sergei Brushko lasted for about 10 years. In the mid-90's, the photographer was diagnosed with incurable Raynaud's disease. In the last 2 years, the photographer was combating the disease, spending most of his time in hospital.