Tag: Justyna Mielnikiewicz

  • Photographs That Show the Whimsy and Eros of Ukraine before the War

    Photographs That Show the Whimsy and Eros of Ukraine before the War

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    Photographs That Show the Whimsy and Eros of Ukraine before the War In images made before the Russian invasion in 2022, three photographers preserve social memory—and witness a nation striving to define its sovereignty. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/the-photographers-who-showed-the-whimsy-and-eros-of-ukraine-before-the-war/ Working in black and white with one camera, Chekmenev took the official passport-format headshots of weary visages against…

  • Poland Week: Justyna Mielnikiewicz: Ukraine Runs Through It – LENSCRATCH

    Poland Week: Justyna Mielnikiewicz: Ukraine Runs Through It – LENSCRATCH

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    Poland Week: Justyna Mielnikiewicz: Ukraine Runs Through It – LENSCRATCH 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 via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/05/poland-week-justyna-mielnikiewicz-ukraine-runs-through-it/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 When one attempts…

  • Justyna Mielnikiewicz about The Smith Grant: “That grant is a milestone in my career” – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/05/29/article/159953364/justyna-mielnikiewicz-about-the-smith-grant-i-have-no-doubt-that-that-grant-is-a-milestone-in-my-career/”] Justyna Mielnikiewicz about The Smith Grant: “That grant is a milestone in my career” – The Eye of Photography 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…

  • Polish Photographer Justyna Mielnikiewicz Wins W. Eugene Smith Grant | TIME

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    Polish Photographer Justyna Mielnikiewicz Wins W. Eugene Smith Grant Her photos bring to life a region still in disarray, 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union via Time: http://time.com/4528611/polish-photographer-justyna-mielnikiewicz-wins-w-eugene-smith-grant/ Her photos bring to life a region still in disarray, nearly 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union

  • Awarding a Photographer’s ‘Stubbornness’ – The New York Times

    Awarding a Photographer’s ‘Stubbornness’ – The New York Times

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    Awarding a Photographer’s ‘Stubbornness’ 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. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/awarding-a-photographers-stubbornness/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0 Justyna Mielnikiewicz, who taught herself photography by studying the legendary photo essays of W. Eugene Smith, has been awarded the W. Eugene…

  • Project on Ukraine Wins $20,000 2015 Aftermath Grant

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    Project on Ukraine Wins $20,000 2015 Aftermath Grant | PDNPulse 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, via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/12/project-ukraine-wins-20000-2015-aftermath-grant.html Justyna Mielnikiewicz has…

  • Oslo Photo Festival: On Photojournalism and Survival

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    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…

  • Showcase: Neighborly Hatred – Lens Blog

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    Showcase: Neighborly Hatred – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com: PERPIGNAN, France — If you want to understand why Justyna Mielnikiewicz has spent eight years photographing border disputes and ethnic conflicts in the South Caucasus, you should know two stories from her childhood.

  • New Group Unites Six Women Photojournalists

    New Group Unites Six Women Photojournalists

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    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…