Maxim Dondyuk ( uk, Максим Дондюк; born 1983) is a photographer and visual artist. His professional career began in Ukrainian media as a photojournalist in 2007. He has been freelance since 2010, working on creating and promoting his own documentary projects. He is a finalist of the

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Photography Prize, a

Lucie Awards The Lucie Awards is an annual event honoring achievements in photography, founded in 2003 by Hossein Farmani. The Lucie Awards is an annual gala ceremony presented by the Lucie Foundation (a 501 (c)3 non-profit charitable organization), honoring ...

International Photographer of the Year, winner of the Prix Photo La Quatrieme Image, winner of the Ville de Perpignan Remi Ochlik Award at Visa pour l'Image, a

Magnum Photos Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices in New York City, Paris, London and Tokyo. It was founded in 1947 in Paris by photographers Robert Capa, David Seymour (photographer), Davi ...

competition '30 under 30' for emerging documentary photographers, recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, finalist for the FotoEvidence Book Award, and received Grand Prix 'Best Global Health Story' of

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(BD)'s 'Hope for a Healthy World Photo Competition.'

Life and work

Dondyuk was born in the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. His first long-term projects ''Uman,

Rosh Hashana Rosh HaShanah ( he, רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, , literally "head of the year") is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (, , lit. "day of shouting/blasting") It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days (, , " ...

'' (2008–2012), ''The Crimea Sich'' (2010–2013), '' TB epidemic'' in Ukraine (2010–2012) are analyses of the time, situation. Not being interested in stereotypes, he is a direct participant in the events, and uses personal experience and emotions to emphasize their basic meaning. From the project ''Culture of the Confrontation'' (2013–2014), Dondyuk's perception of photography has changed. He began filling his works with second meaning and associational level. He doesn't want to specify the time period, the place and reasons. Through photography he wants to show eternal themes, wants people to associate his works "with their memories from reading books, music, their own life." Dondyuk's works were presented during the festivals in Arles, Paris, Minsk and published in magazines such as: ''

Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...

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Der Spiegel ''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...

,'' ''

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Paris Match ''Paris Match'' () is a French-language weekly news magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. History and profile A sports news magazine, ''Match l'intran'' (a play on ''L'Intransigeant' ...

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Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...

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Photo District News ''Photo District News'' (or ''PDN'') was an American monthly trade publication for professional photographers. ''PDN'' was first published in 1980. The publication took its name from New York City's photo district, an area of photo businesses tha ...

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Bloomberg Businessweek ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', previously known as ''BusinessWeek'', is an American weekly business magazine published fifty times a year. Since 2009, the magazine is owned by New York City-based Bloomberg L.P. The magazine debuted in New York City ...

,'' ''Russian Reporter,'' ''

Libération ''Libération'' (), popularly known as ''Libé'' (), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Initially positioned on the far-left of France's ...

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Polka Polka is a dance and genre of dance music originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. Though associated with Czech culture, polka is popular throughout Europe and the Americas. History Etymology The term ...

,'' ''6Mois'' and ''

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'' etc. He also works with international organizations, such as

International Committee of the Red Cross The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC; french: Comité international de la Croix-Rouge) is a humanitarian organization which is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and it is also a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate. State parties (signato ...

(ICRC) and the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...

(WHO).

Publications

*''Culture of Confrontation.'' Self-published, 2019.

Awards

*2011: Finalist of the Pikto International Competition. *2012: Finalist of the Photo Evidence Book Award. *2012: Grand Prix Best Global Health Story of

(BD)'s Hope for a Healthy World Photo Competition. *2012: Forward Thinking Museum, finalist of 2nd quarter. *2012: Finalist for a grant of The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film. *2012: Finalist for a grant of the 4th edition of the AnthropoGraphia Human Rights Through Visual Storytelling. *2012: Honourable Mention of the International Photography Awards annual competition (IPA). *2012: Forward Thinking Museum, finalist of 4th quarter. *2013: Shortlist in the Portraiture category of

Sony World Photography Awards The World Photography Organisation is a global platform for photography initiatives and helps artists working in photography broaden the conversation around their work. Established in 2007 by CEO Scott Gray, in the United kingdom it involves peop ...

. *2013: Honorable mention of the FotoVisura Grant. *2013: Finalist of the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography from W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund. *2014:

competition '30 under 30' for emerging documentary photographers. *2014: Winner of the Ville de Perpignan Remi Ochlik Award. *2015: Honorable Mentions of the Photographic Museum of Humanity Grant (PHM). *2015: Winner of the

Photo Annual 2015 in documentary category. *2015: Winner of the Prix Photo La Quatrieme Image, 1st Prize. *2015: PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Press War Category, 1st Prize. *2015: Voies Off, Shortlist. *2015:

Photography Prize is Disorder, Shortlist. *2015: Fine Art Photography Awards, 1st Place Winner in Photojournalism. *2015: Fine Art Photography Awards, Professional Fine Art Photographer of the Year. *2015: 1st place in Editorial: General News category, 13th Annual

(IPA). *2015: Editorial Photographer of the Year, Lucie Awards (IPA). *2015: International Photographer of the Year, Lucie Awards (IPA). *2015: International Photography Award, British Journal of Photography, Runner-up. *2015: Finalist of the LensCulture Visual Storytelling Award. *2016: JGS Photography Contest, Forward Thinking Museum, Runner-up of 4th quarter. *2016: LensCulture Exposure Awards, 3rd Prize Series. *2016: Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award, Best Documentary Series. *2016: Magnum Photography Awards, Finalist. *2022: Recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund for his project ''Ukraine 2014/22''

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

*2011–2013: ''Uman, Rosh Hashanah,'' Lviv, Ukraine; Gallery Camera, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2013. *2011: ''TUBERCULOSIS'', Center of Documentary Photography «FOTODOC» (Moscow). *2012: ''TB epidemic in Ukraine,'' Donetsk, Ukraine, 2012; Zaporozhye, Ukraine, 2012; PhotoReportAge Festival, Pomarico, Italy, 2013. *2013: ''Old Age'', Municipal Art Gallery (Nova Kachovka, Ukraine). *2014–2015: ''Euromaidan: culture of the confrontation'', Visa pour l'image, Pergipinan, France, 2014; Barbaros square, FotoIstanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; Orvieto Fotografia festival, Orvieto, Italia, 2015.

Group exhibitions and exhibitions during festivals

*2013: Exhibition ''Photographer of the Year'', M17 Contemporary Art Center (Kyiv, Ukraine). *2013: Showing a short documentary film ''Crimea Sich'', American Independence Film Festival (Kyiv, Ukraine). *2014: Permanent group exhibition ''Maidan. Ukraine. Road to Freedom'',

Checkpoint Charlie Museum The Checkpoint Charlie Museum (german: Das Mauermuseum – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie) is a private museum in Berlin. It is named after the famous crossing point on the Berlin Wall, and was created to document the so-called "best bord ...

(Berlin). *2014: Group exhibition ''30 Under 30 Winners Gallery'', The Photography Show (Birmingham, UK). *2014: Group exhibition ''Shift: Ukraine in Crisis'',

Third Floor Gallery Third Floor Gallery was an independent charitable photography gallery in Cardiff Bay, Wales. It opened in 2010 and predominantly featured documentary photography, often premiering new work with the direct involvement of the photographers. It clo ...

, Cardiff, UK. Photographs by Dondyuk as well as Alexander Chekmenev, Corentin Fohlen, Louisa Gouliamaki, Brendan Hoffman, Tom Jamieson, Marco Kesseler,

Anastasia Taylor-Lind Anastasia Taylor-Lind (born 1981) is an English/Swedish photojournalist. She works for leading editorial publications globally on issues relating to women, population and war. She has lived in Damascus, Beirut, Kiev and New York City and is now bas ...

Donald Weber Donald Weber is a literary critic and a specialist in Jewish American literature and film studies. He is the Lucia, Ruth, and Elizabeth MacGregor Professor of English and Chair of the English department at Mount Holyoke College. Background Weber ...

and Emine Ziyatdinova. *2014: Group exhibition ''Maidan. Ukraine. Road to Freedom'', Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, 2014. *2015: Group exhibition ''Maidan. Ukraine. Road to Freedom'', The Stay Gallery, Los Angeles, 2015. *2015: Group Exhibition ''Battle of Ilovaisk'', Museum of the History, Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine. *2015: Exhibition ''Culture of the Confrontation'' as a part of

Disorder finalists exhibition, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France; CAB Art Center, Brussels, Belgium; International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva, Switzerland; LUMA Westbau – Löwenbräukunst, Zurich, Switzerland; as a part of LensCulture Exposure Awards, Photo London, Somerset House, London; Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece; Prix Pictet Disorder finalists exhibition,'' The Old Municipal Gallery, Athens, Greece; Prix Pictet Disorder finalists exhibition,'' Bank Gallery, Tokyo. *2016: Exhibition ''This is War'' at the 5th LUMIX Festival for Young Photojournalism, Hanover, Germany; as a part of group exhibition ''Deformation'' at Suwon Photo Festival, Suwon, Korea.

References

External links

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