Denis Skopin earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Paris 8 University. He has held several research positions, including serving as Research Director at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (Paris), and was Professor at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg University. His research focuses on photography studies, political philosophy, and the circulation of photographs under dictatorships and authoritarian regimes. He is the author of numerous articles and three monographs: La Photographie de Groupe et la Politique de la Disparition dans la Russie de Staline [Group Photography and the Politics of Disappearance in Stalin’s Russia], (Paris, Harmattan, 2015); Œdipe sous l’objectif. La Photographie et la Psychanalyse [Oedipus Under the Lens. Photography and Psychoanalysis], (Paris, Harmattan, 2018); and Photography and Political Repressions in Stalin’s Russia: Defacing the Enemy (London, Routledge, 2022).