Alina Smutko is a documentary photographer, and photojournalist, based in Ukraine. Have been published in media for around 8 years. The main topics she usually works with are human rights violations, ethnic and religious conflicts, and life in a post-conflict zone. For more than 3 years Smutko covered the current situation in occupied Crimea. Also, I worked in the Donbas region and South Caucasus. Have a few projects on social issues, connected with motherhood, orphan diseases, and palliative care.
Smutko participated in many collective personal exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. Her works were published in Deutsche Welle, BBC, Politico, Der Spiegel, National Geographic, the Independent, Reuters.
UAPP is an independent association of professional Ukrainian photographers, designed to protect their interests, support, develop and promote Ukrainian photography as an important element of national culture.
UAPP's activities span educational, social, research and cultural initiatives, as well as book publishing.
UAPP represents Ukrainian professional photography in the international photographic community and is an official member of the Federation of European Photographers (FEP) — an international organization representing more than 50,000 professional photographers in Europe and other countries around the world.
