Photographer Dmitry Donskoy. Archival photoMOSCOW, January 22 Former personal photographer of the first president of Russia, Dmitry Donskoy, was a real artist who saw the good in a person and knew how to convey it in his work, Vladimir Shevchenko, the former head of protocol for Boris Yeltsin, told RIA Novosti «He was a very talented and sociable person, very decent. He worked like a real artist. His photography never humiliated a person: he saw the good in a person, conveyed it through photography,» Shevchenko said, expressing condolences to the relatives and friends of the master. Donskoy , who worked for a long time as a photojournalist for APN and RIA Novosti, died in Moscow at the age of 86. Prior to working with Yeltsin, he was one of the best sports photojournalists in the country. Donskoy worked as Yeltsin's personal photographer from 1991 to 1997. He was the winner of more than 160 international awards, including the International Master of Press Photo of the International Union of Journalists, the Unsurpassed Master (Excellence) of the International Association of Photographic Art (FIAP), the prestigious World Press Photo «Golden Eye» award. RIA Novosti and MIA «Russia Today» » express their condolences to the family and friends of Dmitry Donskoy.
