Evgeniy Konstantinovich Maloletka ( uk, Євген Малолєтка, russian: Евгений Малолетка) is a Ukrainian journalist and photographer. He covered the

siege of Mariupol The siege of Mariupol began on 24 February 2022 and lasted until 20 May 2022, as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. It saw fighting between the Russian Armed Forces (alongside the Donetsk People's Militia) and the Ukrainian Armed ...

during the

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, and, in particular, made a photograph of a woman wounded as a result of the maternity hospital bombing, which won

World Press Photo of the Year The World Press Photo of the Year award is part of the World Press Photo Awards, organized by the Dutch foundation World Press Photo. Considered one of the most prestigious and coveted awards in photojournalism, The World Press Photo of the Ye ...

. In 2023, he won two

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s, one for

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, which he shared with Mstyslav Chernov, Vasilisa Stepanenko, and Lori Hinnant, and another one for breaking news photography, shared with

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, Nariman El-Mofty, Vadim Ghirda, and Bernard Armangue, as part of the Associated Press team for coverage of the war in Ukraine.

Early life and education

Maloletka was born in

Berdiansk Berdiansk or Berdyansk ( uk, Бердя́нськ, translit=Berdiansk, ; russian: Бердя́нск, translit=Berdyansk ) is a port city in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast (province) in south-eastern Ukraine. It is on the northern coast of the Sea of ...

. He studied electronics at

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and graduated in 2010.

Life and work

In 2009, he started as a staff photographer for

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. Later, he worked as a freelancer and collaborated with the

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, and

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, among others. In 2020-21, Maloletka covered the

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. In particular, his photo of the doctor Evhen Venzhynovych was widely used for social advertisement. In February and March 2022, during the

, the Associated Press staff member Mstyslav Chernov, videoproducer Vasilisa Stepanenko, and Maloletka, freelancers working for AP, stayed in

Mariupol Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast ( Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russia ...

, which was encircled by the Russian troops, under siege, and extensively bombed, whereas the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Defense Ministry claimed that Russia only targets military installations. Chernov, Maloletka, and Stepanenko were among the few journalists, and, according to the AP, the only international journalists in Mariupol during that period, and their photographs were extensively used by Western media to cover the situation. According to Chernov, on 11 March they were in a hospital taking photos when they were taken of the city with the assistance of Ukrainian soldiers. They managed to escape from Mariupol unharmed.

Awards

*2022:

Knight International Journalism Award The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, also known as the Knight Foundation, is an American non-profit foundation that provides grants for journalism, communities, and the arts. The organization was founded as the Knight Memorial Education ...

, with Chernov and Vasilisa Stepanenko, for their work in Mariupol *2022: Visa d'Or Award *2023: Regional winner,

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, photo series category *2023:

, World Press Photo Foundation * 2023: Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (shared with Mstyslav Chernov, Vasilisa Stepanenko, and Lori Hinnant). * 2023:

Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography is one of the American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. From 2000 it has used the "breaking news" name but it is considered a continuation of the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photogr ...

(shared with Bernat Armangue,

, Nariman El-Mofty,

, and Vadim Ghirda).

References

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