I’m a documentary photographer. Generally, I don’t like to be put in the box, and I’m always open to new experiences and collaborations. I’m based in Germany and Belgium.
In 2018 I participated in the World Press Photo Foundation Joop Swart Masterclass and the 6th annual New York Portfolio Review. I was featured in the British Journal of Photography as one of 31 women to watch out for (2018), 20 rising Female Photojournalists (Artsy, 2019), “The 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch 2022”.
My work has been exhibited and published internationally, including in The New York Times, National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, DIE ZEIT, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, De Standaard, FOCUS Magazine, GEO France, New Statesman and others.
Awards
Selected Artist: .tiff 2024, The FUTURES platform, 2024
11th annual New York Portfolio review 2024
The 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch 2022
2020 W. Eugene Smith Student Grant Recipient
Finalist: PHmuseum Women Photographers Grant, 2020
Canon Ambassador Programme, 2020-2023
4th season of the Online Portfolio Walk of the German Photographic Academy
Shortlisted: Global Peace Photo Award, 2020
ARTSY/20 rising female Photojournalists 2019
Shortlisted: UNSEEN Dummy Award, 2019
Nominee: Felix Schoeller Photo Award, Best work by an emerging photographer, 2019
Finalist: Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards, 2019
Finalist: Verzasca Foto Festival Awards, Nera Prize, 2019
World Press Photo Foundation, Joop Swart Masterclass 2018
6th annual New York Portfolio review 2018
Screening at Visa pour L'image, 2018
Honorable Mention: PHmuseum Women Photographers Grant, 2018
Exhibiting Artist: OBSCURA Festival of Photography, 2018
ARTPHIL 30 under 30/WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS, 2018
Shortlisted: Athens Photo Festival, 2018
Shortlisted: The Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibition 161
2017 LHSA (The International Leica Society) Photography Grant Recipient
Honorable Mention: International Photographer of the year (IPOTY), 2017
Winner: Tokyo International Photo Competition 2017
Finalist: Otto-Steinert-Preis 2017
Nominee Award in Photojournalism: Photogrvphy Grant, 2017
Winner: PDN Photo Annual, Student Category, 2017
Exhibiting Artist: Belfast Photo Festival, 2017
Exhibiting Artist: Schömberg Photo Festival, 2017
VG-Bild Scholarship recipient, 2016
Finalist in photography category: South Tyrol Media Award, 2013
Scholarship recipient: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2012-2021
Representative for all international scholarship recipients 2017/2018
Finalist in photography category: Welt Kompakt Digital Reportage Award, 2011
Russian Presidential Youth Advacement Award, 2010
Winner of 6. all-Russian national competitions for students in PR, 2009
Exhibitions
Upcoming exhibition: Zuiderpershuis Antwerp (Belgium): .tiff 2024, Opening: 27.06.2024
Kunsthaus Dresden (Germany): “Ordinary People” in “Eine Frage der Nähe / A Question of Closeness” exhibition, March - April 2023
City Dresden: „Wessen Krieg, Wessen Frieden“ (Germany), February 2023
Kunsthaus Dresden (Germany): “Ordinary People”, June 2022-August 2022
Gallery Gallery (Belgium): “Dead Flowers” in “EXPONENTIAL GROWTH”, May 2022
Head On photo festival (Australia): “Ayal” in “Women on the move” exhibition, November 2021
QUEER Festival (Germany): “Ordinary People”, May 2021
IMAGO LISBOA Photofestival (Portugal): “Ordinary People”, October 2021
Photoville Festival (USA): “Ayal” in “Women on the move” exhibition, September-December 2021
Pride Photo Exhibitions (Netherlands): “Ordinary People”, May 2021 - January 2022
Bundeskunsthalle Bonn (Germany): “Ordinary People”, June - August 2020
Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Germany): “Ordinary People”, November - December 2019
Kunsthaus Rhenania (Germany): “Abkhazia” in “Beyond - The Exhibition”, May 2019
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Gallery (Germany): “Abkhazia” (SOLO), March - May 2019
Maison de la Photographie Lille (France): “ARTPHIL 30 under 30/WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS”, December 2018 – January 2019
Galerie Claude Samuel / Viaduc des Arts (France): “ARTPHIL 30 under 30/WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS”, November - December 2018
T3 Photo Festival (Japan): “Abkhazia”, November 2018
Visa pour L'image (France): screening “Abkhazia”, September 2018
OBSCURA Festival of Photography (Malaysia): “Abkhazia”, August 2018
United Photo Industries Gallery (USA): “Abkhazia”, June 2018
Head On Photo Festival (Australia): “Abkhazia”, May 2018
G.Gallery and GuLu (Taiwan): “Abkhazia”, April 2018
Wonder Foto Day (Taiwan): “Abkhazia”, March 2018
Belfast Photo Festival (UK): “Abkhazia”, June 2017
Schömberg Photo Festival (Germany): “Abkhazia”, October 2017
Events/workshops
Canon Student Development Programme, Mentor, 2023
“Transit Istanbul” masterclass, the Nordic Journalist Center (NJC) - selected participant, November 2022
Photopia Hamburg - speaker, October 2022
Canon Academy Webinar: Das Student Development Programme - CANON - speaker, April 2022
Canon Student Development Programme - CANON - speaker, September 2021
Shutter Stories – Canon's podcast - CANON - speaker, August 2021
IG Live (@canonme) about Canon Student Development Programme - - CANON - speaker, June 2021
Virtual lecture for students - A high school journalism class in Washington, DC and Pulitzer center - speaker, March 23, 2021
Canon Student Development Programme - CANON - speaker, September 2020
Stern-Preis 2023 (previously Nannen Preis) - Fotogeschichte des Jahres - Jury member, 2023
Presenter for WAM panel discussion at Photoville, 2021
Panels/juries
Education
University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund, Germany
Master in Photography, 2021
University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hanover, Germany (Prof. Rolf Nobel)
Bachelor in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, 2016
Moscow Aviation Institute, Moscow, Russia
Diplom in Public Relations, 2011