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EDUCATION:
2013 – Documentary Film Lab for Young Filmmakers with David France, Dmitry Tiazhlov (Kiev, Ukraine)
2012 – Master classes with Ilvy Njiokiktjien, Piergiorgio Casotti and Mads Greve (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2011 – Magnum Photos in Leica Akademie with Christopher Anderson, Jonas Bendiksen, Alec Soth, Gueorgui Pinkhassov and Thomas Dworzak (Moscow, Russia)
2011 – Master classes with Yuri Kozyrev and Espen Rasmussen (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2011 – NOOR-Nikon Masterclass of Documentary Photography with Stanley Greene, Philip Blenkinsop, Pep Bonet, Claudia Hinterseer (Bucharest, Romania)
2010 – Jason Eskenazi master-class “Killing the Buddha” (Kiev, Ukraine)
2009 – Donald Weber master-class “Photojournalism” (Kiev, Ukraine)
2009 – Sergey Maksimishin master-class “The way to success. Photostories. Work with news agencies” (Kiev, Ukraine)
2008 – Aleksandr Lapin master-class “Photography as …” (Kiev, Ukraine)
2008 – Kharkov State University of Food Technology and Trade (Kharkov, Ukraine)

PUBLICATIONS:
MAGAZINES - PDN, Bloomberg Businessweek (USA), Rolling Stone, Frankfurter Rundschau (Germany), Polka, 6Mois, L’insensé, Europa (France), Russian Reporter, Artchronika, Ogonek, Foto&Video, Bolshoj Gorod, Vokrug Sveta (Russia), Zurnalas Foto (Lithuania), Liberali (Georgia), Reporter, Esquire, Forbes, Tyzhden, Focus, KyivWeekly, Korrespondent, VDOH (Ukraine).
NEWSPAPERS - The Independent (UK), Wall Street Journal (USA), De Volksfront (Netherlands), Berliner Zeitung, Hannoversche Allgemeine, Badische Zeitung, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Augsburger Allgemeine (Germany), Helsingin Sanomat (Finland), Kommersant, Izvestiya, Nevskoye Vremya (Russia), Segodnya, Comments, Day (Ukraine).
ONLINE MEDIA - TIME LightBox, TIME.com, Paris Match L’INSTANT, PDNOnline, CNN Photos, Esquire, La Lettre de la Photographie, Russian Reporter Online, Bloomberg Businessweek Online, 6Mois, The Independent, LENTA.RU, Life Force Magazine, ANIMALNewYork, Vis à Vis Photo, Liberty.SU, No Borders Magazine.

AWARDS & GRANTS:
2014 – One of the winners in the ‘30 Under 30’ photographers competition in association MAGNUM Photos.
2013 – Finalist of the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography.
2013 – Honorable mention of the FotoVisura Grant.
2013 – Grand Prix of the “Best Photo of the Year” at the contest “Photographer of the Year”.
2013 – Shortlist in the Portraiture category of Sony World Photography Awards.
2012 – Forward Thinking Museum, finalist of 4th quarter.
2012 – Finalist of the Photostory: Small Stories contest.
2012 – Finalist of the “The Circle of Life” contest , International Photofestival “Vilnius Photo Circle”.
2012 – Country’s Pick 1st place of the International Photography Awards annual competition (IPA).
2012 – Honourable Mention of the International Photography Awards annual competition (IPA).
2012 – Finalist for a grant of the 4th edition of the AnthropoGraphia Human Rights Through Visual Storytelling.
2012 – Finalist for a grant of The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film.
2012 – Forward Thinking Museum, finalist of 2nd quarter.
2012 – Grand Prix of the “Photostory of the Year” at the contest “The Best Photographer”.
2012 – Grand Prix “Best Global Health Story” of the BD’s Hope for a Healthy World Photo Competition.
2012 – Finalist of the Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism.
2012 – 2nd Prize Picture Story of the Year of the Photographers Giving Back Contest.
2012 – Finalist of the Photo Evidence Book Award.
2012 – Award of Excellence (Issue Reporting Multimedia Story) Picture of the Year Int’l (POYi).
2012 – Nomination of the Magnum Emergency Fund.
2011 – Finalist of the Pikto International Competition.
2011 – Grand Prix of the contest “The Circle of Life”, International Photofestival “Vilnius Photo Circle”.
2011 – Grand Prix of the contest “Photo Film”, Chernihiv Photo Fest.
2011 – Honorable mention of the Yonhap International Press Photo Awards.
2010 – 2nd & 3rd Prize Picture Story of the Year of the Photojournalism Development Foundation Award.

EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS:
2014 – Exhibition ”#euromaidan: culture of the confrontation”, Special Galerie Peppi Guggenheim International (Berlin, Germany)
2014 – Personal exhibition ”#euromaidan: culture of the confrontation”, PARTcom gallery (Kiev, Ukraine)
2013 – Showing a short documentary film “CRIMEA SICH”, American Independence Film Festival (Kiev, Ukraine)
2013 – Screening “The Сrimea Sich”, Angkor Photo Festival (Angkor, Cambodia)
2013 – Personal exhibition “Old Age”, Municipal Art Gallery (Nova Kachovka, Ukraine)
2013 – Personal exhibition “Uman, Rosh Hashanah”, Gallery CAMERA (Kiev, Ukraine)
2013 – Exhibition “The TB epidemic in Ukraine” on the PhotoReportAge Festival (Pomarico, Italy)
2013 – Screening “Rosh Hashsana”, Tbilisi Photo Festival (Tbilisi, Georgia)
2013 – Exhibition “Sony World Photography Awards”, Somerset House (London, UK)
2013 – Exhibition “Best Photographer of Year”, M17 Contemporary Art Center (Kiev, Ukraine)
2012 – Personal exhibition “The TB epidemic in Ukraine” (Zaporozhye, Ukraine)
2012 – Screening “The Rosh Hashanah”, Angkor Photo Festival (Angkor, Cambodia)
2012 – Personal exhibition “The TB epidemic in Ukraine” (Uzhgorod, Ukraine)
2012 – Exhibition and screening “The Сrimea Sich” and ’’The Story of One Man”, Vilnius Photo Circle (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2012 – Exhibition “2012 FotoEvidence Book Award”, VII Photo Agency Gallery (New York, USA)
2012 – Personal exhibition “The TB epidemic in Ukraine” (Vinnitsa, Ukraine)
2012 – Personal exhibition “The TB epidemic in Ukraine”, Arts Center “Kvartira” (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
2012 – Personal exhibition “The TB epidemic in Ukraine”, Kirovohrad Regional Museum of Art (Kirovograd, Ukraine)
2012 – Group exhibition “Other World” (Leeds, UK)
2012 – Screening “The TB epidemic in Ukraine”, Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism (Hanover, Germany)
2012 – Exhibition “Hope for a Healthy World”, LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph (Charlottesville, USA)
2012 – Exhibition in the “Best Photographer 2011”, Center of Photography Lumiere brothers (Moscow, Russia)
2012 – Screening “The TB epidemic in Ukraine”, Instant Coffees (Bristol, UK)
2012 – Personal exhibition “The TB epidemic in Ukraine” (Donetsk, Ukraine)
2011 – Exhibitions and screenings “The TB epidemic in Ukraine” and ’’Uman, Rosh Hashsana”, Vilnius Photo Circle (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2011 – Screening “The TB epidemic in Ukraine”, Chernihiv Photo Fest (Chernihiv , Ukraine)
2011 – Screening “The TB epidemic in Ukraine”, Bursa Photo Fest (Bursa,Turkey)
2011 – Personal exhibition “TUBERCULOSIS”, Center for Documentary Photography «FOTODOC» (Moscow, Russia)
2011 – Personal exhibition “Uman, Rosh Hashanah” (Lviv, Ukraine)
2011 – Personal exhibition “The TB epidemic in Ukraine” (Kiev, Ukraine)
2008 – Personal exhibition “Old Age” (Kharkov, Ukraine)

LECTURER:
2013 – Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts of Moldova on the multimedia department (Kishinev, Moldova)
2013 – Belarus Press Photo Workshop (Minsk, Belarus)
2012 – Department of Journalism M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia)
2012 – Department of Journalism Taras Shevchenko National University (Kiev, Ukraine)
2011 – Center for Documentary Photography «FOTODOC» (Moscow, Russia)