last news:
--WINNER OF W.EUGENE SMITH MEMORIAL FUND / 2016 ------
- Winner of the Aftermath project , 2015
-Book on Caucasus won both Book Prizes ( Book of the Year, Self-published Book of the Year ) at the FOTOFESTIWAL International Festival of Photography in Lodz, Poland, 2015
- Ukrainian project shortlisted for Leica Oskar Barnack Award, 2015
Freelance photographer based in Tbilisi, Georgia . Working mainly in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Regularly cooperates with The New York Times, Newsweek and Eurasianet.org. My works have been published in various international publications such as Monocle, Russian Reporter, National Geographic , Le Monde or German Yearbook of the Reporters without Borders . Part of the work is represented by Getty Reportage.
I am a self-taught freelance photographer based in Tbilisi, Georgia for the last 12 years.
Between 2001-2013 I worked on a project about the South Caucasus and its conflicts, Book from that work will be published in 2014 titled: Woman with a Monkey- Caucasus in Short Notes and Photographs.
Since 2010, I have started to explore a new topic dedicated to women, sexuality and gender issues in the former Soviet space.
I began my career in 1999 in Poland, where I’m from, reporting for the daily newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza. A year later, I started freelancing because it’s important for me to be able to choose my own stories and to tell them the way I think is best. I go on assignments to shoot news stories, but I equally focus my energy on personal documentary work , and if needed self-assign the stories I personally care for .
Awards -Festivals-Publications: 2014- Book on Caucasus took a second place (first finalist) at Picture of the Year/ Publication of the Year. 2011-winner of Caucasus Young Photographer Award-prize given annually by Magnum Foundation 2009-winner of Production Grant from Open Society Documentary Photography Project 2009-winner of Canon Female Photojournalist Prize , prize given annually in The International Photojournalism Festival of Perpignan - Visa pour l"Image. 2008-received World Press Photo-Second Prize / People in the News-for the images taken during the War in 2008 over South Osssetia . 2008 work from Abkhazia was published in the German Year-Book of the Reporters Without the Borders. 2003-second prize in Newsweek Poland Photo-reportage . 2003-finalist of 7th Agfa Young Photojournalist Award /Germany . 2002-recived travel grant (for Caucasian Project) from European Cultural Foundation/Holland . 2002-second prize photo competition “Female Life” /Poland. 2002 -finalist of Polish Press Photo /exhibition / Poland. 2002- Young Portfolio 2002 Competition (at Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts) Museum purchased photographs for their permanent collection./Japan. 2002 Honorable Mention (together with a writer Paul Rimple) at Dorotea Lange/ Robert Taylor Prize- for work from Caucasus /USA. 2002-Second Prize at Santa Fe Center for Visual Arts Project Competition /USA
