Buritō Kōsu course key visual by Andrei Kovalev: a hooded figure meditates in lotus pose amid a glowing, screen-lit city.

I’m Andrei Kovalev, a visual artist and world-builder, working in commercial photography and film since 2007.

Clients and publications

Work

Three actors in French Revolution costume pose on a smoky stage, one raising a red striped flag.

Theatre

Posters, stage and lighting design, character design and trailers

Seen through a café window, an older man with a cigarette talks to a young man over coffee.

Cinema

Films, posters and production design

A bearded man in a suit stands on a forest path at night between small fires.

Fashion

Photography, art collaborations, lookbooks and fashion films

A man in a glowing conical hat sits on a metal ledge high above a neon city at night.

Music

Music videos, portraits of musicians and album art

A woman in a black velvet coat and high white collar holds its lapels.

Literature

Book covers and portraits of writers

A man in a quilted jacket holds a glass by a stream in a misty forest.

Wine

Portraits of winemakers, magazine covers and wine books

A woman in a torn white gown and a broken halo stands among fallen columns and a stone horse.

Bio + artistic vision

About

What drives my work, how my style looks and feels, and who my perfect subject is →

A figure in a mask of horns, antlers and dry grass pushes through a white sheet, holding reeds.

Another obsession

Masks

I design masks for my own projects and with other artists.
See the masks →

A crew gathers round an actor in a rusty suit and tall clear helmet on a green-lit set.

Courses

For three years in a row I ran a big in-person photography course, each built around producing and staging a complex portrait shoot →

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