Born in Vasylkiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, 1986.
Based in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Started professional photography practice in 2005. Since 2013 has been working on independent documentary projects.The main idea behind my photography practice is to capture the essence of the place in its transition through time and shifts influenced by economical, social or natural forces. The keysubject of my research is the urban environment as a main “battlefield” of ideological clashes, the city as a “map” of invisible tensions existing in society (-es). One of the major topics I’ve been working on for almost 7 years is the Soviet cultural heritage and architecture left in towns all around Ukraine and the controversial attitude towards it today. Author of the book Decommunized: Ukrainian Soviet Mosaics and Ukraine. Art for Architecture. Soviet Modernist Mosaics 1960 to 1990. The most important projects are “Ukrainian Soviet Mosaics” (2013-2021) and “On Republic’s Monuments” (2014-2021).
PaticMember of UPHA collective since 2017.
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.
