Ukrainian Crisis

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Photographer

Ludmila Ketslakh
Date of Photograph

April, March/2022
Technical Info

As needed
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http://www.ludaketslakh.com

The timing of being present during this turbulent time was accidental. Nevertheless, I was overwhelmed to witness the welcoming Polish attitude to the new reality. Polish people define for entire word the exact meaning of the word humanity; they showed the true generosity, genuine compassion, and concern from the heart. They have opened their country, their houses, and their hearts for Ukrainian. It’s unbelievable what is going through the entire country. In Medyka, the border town with Ukraine I witnessed the entire world came to support and give assistance to refugees.

Biography

Formally a Mechanical engineer, I became a photographer in 2001. I graduated from Belarusian Polytechnic Institute with master’s degree in Thermodynamics. Currently I am completing the degree in Photography Technology at WCC in Ann Arbor. During the last nineteen years I have attended numerous workshops at Santa Fe, Maine and TWP photographic workshops. I had chance to meet and study with outstanding teachers, they are the most influential photographers of our time who changed the way I look at the world. The list includes Sam Abell, Antonin Krotochvil, Eugene Richards, Alex Majoli, Andrea Mod
Awards

2023 Black & White Magazine, 2023 Excellence Award for the "Ukrainian Crisis" project. 2022 European Photography Awards for "Ukrainian Crisis" project PX3 State of the World, Curatorial selection. IPA 2022, Editorial /Press Photographer of the Year BIFA 2022, Gold Winner in Category Editorial-Photo Essay MonoVision Photography Award in Photojournalism. 2021 Foto Top 50. Group exhibition of contemporary photography in Moscow. 2020. Black & White Magazine, 2020 Spotlight Award Winner. ‘Russian Past – The Gulag” project. MIFA, 2020 Gold Award in Editorial Photo essay and Bronze Award in Personal Portfolio. “Russian Past - The Gulag’ was shortlisted, singling it out as one of the best in the 2020 Edition of the London International Creative Competition. TIFA, Award in Portfolio - Personal. Monovision Photography Award in Street photography. 2017 Kassel Dummy Book Award 2017. The book “Uncertainty of Being” is being exhibited at international photo events in Istanbul, Moscow, Rome, Madrid, Dublin, Aarhus, Zagreb and Lotz 2015 Black & White magazine featured my work in December 2015 issue, #112, Chernobyl revisited, 2014 Black & White Magazine | 2013 Spotlight Award Winner Feature article and portfolio in Black & White, October 2014 issue #105 Cover of the book image. “Elderly Policies in Japan and Scandinavia: Aging Societies East and West” by Paul Milford. 2013 Winner of the Best of ASMP 2013. The ASMP interview is on the ASMP Web site at this link: http://asmp.org/best-2013-ketslakh People of My World. Solo exhibition. Florissant Valley Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2012 APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) Photography Expedition to the Philippines XXI. My Pacific Ocean project. Selected by RIANOVOSTI, the Russian news and information agency, as one of 21 photographers chronicling life and work in 21 countries.