Svetlana Tarasova, a photographer and a member of the Russian Photo Artists Union, has won multiple awards in Russian and international photo contests: "Younost' Rossii za Mir i Vzaimoponimaniye" (Russian Youth for Peace and Mutual Understanding) - Vladimir, Russia, "Mir Glazami Younykh. Nasledniki Velikoi Pobedy" (World through the Eyes of Youth. Heirs to the Great Victory) - Samara, Russia, "Semeyny Albom" (Family Album), THE BEST OF RUSSIA - Moscow, Russia, "Svetopis" (Photography) - Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, "Nadezhda" (Hope) - Kaluga, Russia, "PHODAR" (Bulgaria), “Young photographers of Russia" (Ples, Cheboksary, Puschino, Moscow, Russia), PeterPhotoFest (St. Petersburg, Russia); "The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest", "A. Yefremov Press Photo Contest", "Uglich Photo Parade", "Samarsky Vzglyad" (Samara Outlook), "Faith. Love. Youth", Baltic Biannual Photo Contest" (Kaliningrad, Russia); she participated in the art residence "Double view" in Kaliningrad; she has won scholarship from the Russian government for young photographers and scholarship of the Ministry of culture of the Russian Federation for talented authors.