Awards & Grants

2024

  • Gomma Photography Grant, Finalist


2022

  • W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, Grant recipient
  • Polka Award for Photographer of the Year


2021

  • Ukrainian Cultural Fund, Grant recipient


2020

  • Singapore International Photography Festival, Finalist - book "Culture of Confrontation"
  • International Photography Grant, Finalist


2018

  • Imagely Fund Grant, 3rd prize


2017

  • W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, Finalist
  • Vilnius Photo Circle, Finalist


2016

  • Magnum Photography Awards, Finalist
  • Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award, Best Documentary Series
  • LensCulture Exposure Awards, 3rd prize series
  • JGS Photography Contest, Finalist


2015

  • LensCulture Visual Storytelling Award, Finalist
  • IPA British Journal of Photography, Finalist
  • Prix Pictet Disorder, Finalist
  • Lucie Award, International Photographer of the Year
  • Lucie Award, Editorial Photographer of the Year
  • Humanity Photo Award UNESCO/CFPA, Grand Prix
  • Humanity Photo Award UNESCO/CFPA, Winner in the Documentary category
  • Istanbul Photo Award, Finalist
  • Direct Look photo contest, 1st prize
  • Fine Art Photography Award, Professional Fine Art Photographer of the Year
  • 7th Pollux Award, Finalist
  • Voies Off, Finalist
  • PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, 1st prize
  • Prix Photo La Quatrieme Image, Winner
  • PDN Photo Annual, Winner in Documentary category
  • Vilnius Photo Circle, Finalist


2014

  • Ville de Perpignan Remi Ochlik Award, Winner
  • Magnum 30 Under 30


2013

  • W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, Finalist
  • FotoVisura Grant, Honorable Mention
  • Photographer of the Year in Ukraine, Grand Prix of the Best Photo of the Year
  • Sony World Photography Awards, Shortlist in the Portraiture category


2012

  • JGS Photography Contest, Finalist
  • Small Stories Contest, Finalist
  • Vilnius Photo Circle, Finalist
  • Lucie Award, Country’s Pick 1st place
  • Annual Lucie Award, Honourable Mention
  • AnthropoGraphia Human Rights Through Visual Storytelling, Finalist
  • The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film
  • The Best Photographer in Russia, Grand Prix of the Photostory of the Year
  • JGS Photography Contest, Finalist
  • BD’s Hope for a Healthy World Photo Competition, Grand Prix
  • Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism, Finalist
  • Photographers Giving Back Contest, 2nd prize
  • Photo Evidence Book Award, Finalist
  • Picture of the Year Int’l (POYi), Issue Reporting Multimedia Story, Award of Excellence


2011

  • Pikto International Competition, Finalist
  • Vilnius Photo Circle, Grand Prix
  • Chernihiv Photo Fest, Photo Film, Grand Prix 
  • Yonhap International Press Photo Awards, Honorable Mention

Scholarships & Residencies

  • A scholarship-residency for photography, Cité des Arts, Paris, France (2016)
  • Documentary Film Lab for Young Filmmakers, Kyiv, Ukraine (2013)


Talks & Teaching

  • Les Rencontres d'Arles, Théâtre Antique d’Arles (2022)
  • Nikon Ukraine, Online (2021)
  • Photo Kyiv Fair, Kyiv, Ukraine (2019)
  • Rakuda Photo Artisans & Cafe, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2018)
  • Fotográfica Bogota, Biennale of Photography, Teatro México, Bogota, Columbia (2017)
  • IZOLYATSIA, Kyiv, Ukraine (2016)
  • National Geographic Magazine, Tbilisi, Georgia (2016)
  • Kyiv Photo School Bird in Flight, Kyiv, Ukraine (2015)
  • Orvieto Fotografia Festival, Orvieto, Italia (2015)
  • FOTOISTANBUL Besiktas International Festival of Photography, Istanbul, Turkey (2014)
  • The Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism, Hanover, Germany (2014)
  • Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts of Moldova, Kishinev, Moldova (2013)
  • Belarus Press Photo Workshop, Minsk, Belarus (2013)
  • Department of Journalism M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (2012)
  • Department of Journalism Taras Shevchenko National University, Kyiv, Ukraine (2012)
  • Center for Documentary Photography FOTODOC, Moscow, Russia (2011)


Public & Institutional collections

  • Benaki Museum, Greece
  • National Museum of Photography, Colombia
  • Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II, Ukraine