Photographer. Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine in 1938. While working as an engineer, he studied photography on his own. Under the Soviet Regime, there was no freedom of taking a photo. Boris Mikhailov took photos bringing forth his criticism on the regime between the 1970s and 1980s, and after the demise of the regime, he photographed to record social changes. Since 1989, he has presented his works worldwide. He taught at Harvard University as a visiting professor in 2000. From 2002 to 2003, he gave a course at the Academy of Visual Art, Leipzig. He takes part in the exhibition “Tokyo - Berlin / Berlin - Tokyo” held at the Mori Art Museum at Roppongi, Tokyo from January 28 to May 7, 2006.