Mikhail Palinchak is Ukrainian street and documentary photographer residing and working in Kyiv, Ukraine. Born January 1985 in Uzhgorod, Ukraine into photographic family. Starts photography in 2008. Since 2012 member of Ukrainian Photographic Alternative (UPHA) and member of Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPF) since 2014.
2014-2019 Official photographer of the President of Ukraine. Founder of Untitled magazine and co-founder of Ukrainian Street Photography group. Numerous awards, exhibitions and publications around the world. His photographs are stored in private collections and permanent collections of photography museums.
Publications: TIME, The New York Times, Esquire, El Mundo, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Forbes, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Le Monde, Le Figaro, Liberation, Politiken, Bloomberg, Spiegel, Diario Digital, DS News, Stern, Paris Match, Newsweek, Financial Times, Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, The Sydney Morning Herald, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Japan Times, The Telegraph, The Washington Times, El Pais, Figyelő, The Wall Street Journal, Daily Mail, de Standaard, Press, La Depeche, Le Devoir, Le Point, Milenio, Deutsche Welle, Wirtschaftsblatt, Gazeta Wyborcza, Elsevier, Playboy, Meduza, Kommersant, Kompas, Ogoniok, Epoch Times, The Times, New York Post, Bird in Flight, Reuters, AFP, AP, doc!, Gup Magazine, The Verge, Focus, Novoe Vremya, KyivPost, Capital, Lviv Post, The Ukranian Weekly, The Day, Digitális Fotó Magazin, Viva!, Ukraine Culture, PHOTO+, Fix, The Village Ukraine, Art Ukraine, National Geographic Ukraine, Entre Revue, Kεφαλαιο, Foto&Video, Reporter, Untitled, Zhuzhalka, Zaborona, Phroom, Reporters
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.
