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When one attempts to delve deeper into the Polish psyche and concomitantly, Polish photography, the topic often turns to its vastly complicated history with its neighbors to the West (Germany/Prussia) and to the East (Russia and Ukraine). Justyna Mielnik
Justyna Mielnikiewicz received the grant for 2016 to complete her project A Diverging Frontier, in which she looks at life in the former Soviet states, 25 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, and the role ethnicity plays in the political development of these countries.
Her photos bring to life a region still in disarray, 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union
Her photos bring to life a region still in disarray, nearly 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union
Justyna Mielnikiewicz, who taught herself photography by studying the legendary photo essays of W. Eugene Smith, won the Smith Fund’s 2016 grant in humanistic photography.
Justyna Mielnikiewicz, who taught herself photography by studying the legendary photo essays of W. Eugene Smith, has been awarded the W. Eugene Smith Fund’s 2016 grant in humanistic photography. She was recognized for her portrait of modern Russia as seen by Russians who have become ethnic minorities in former Soviet republics.
Justyna Mielnikiewicz has won the 2015 Aftermath Project Grant for “A Ukraine Runs Through It,” a project exploring tensions in modern Ukraine using Dnieper River as a symbolic dividing line. The $20,000 grant, offered by the nonprofit Aftermath Project,
Justyna Mielnikiewicz has won the 2015 Aftermath Project Grant for “A Ukraine Runs Through It,” a project exploring tensions in modern Ukraine using Dnieper River as a symbolic dividing line. The $20,000 grant, offered by the nonprofit Aftermath Project, supports documentary photography that addresses the legacy of conflict.
The 5th annual Oslo Photo Festival, which took place from March 16 to 20 in Norway’s capital, hosted talks by photojournalists and documentary photographers Carolyn Drake, Stephanie Sinclair, Pieter Ten Hoopen, Thomas Lekfeldt, Andrea Star Reese, Justyna Mielnikiewicz and Eugene Richards. Speakers offered insights into how they win the trust of subjects, what it takes to develop a strong personal project, and advice on surviving under difficult conditions and in an increasingly demanding profession.
From PDN:
With the guidance of photographer Gary Knight of the VII agency, the six women have formed a new group called EVE Photographers to create and promote social documentary photojournalism. They will collaborate on projects and post their best work on a group web site.
The photographers are Marizilda Cruppe (in Brazil), Agnès Dherbeys (Thailand), Bénédicte Kurzen (South Africa), Justyna Mielnikiewicz (Georgia), Lourdes Segade (Spain) and Newsha Tavakolian (Iran).
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