Honorable Mention
FC Metalist 1925
DESCRIPTION
Professional Football League of Ukraine. "Livyi Bereh" arena. Kyiv oblast, Ukraine.FC Metalist 1925 player Vladyslav Kalitvintsev takes a corner kick. This football club was forced to leave their native Kharkiv city due to the large-scale invasion of Russia, survived and now located at the territory of Kyiv Oblast still presenting a front-line Kharkiv city sports on the national level.
AUTHOR
Ukrainian photographer. Born in 1985 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.Started the career in 2009, in sports reportage. Worked with the foreign and Ukrainian media.
2012-2016 - FC Metalist Kharkiv staff photographer. Became the best photographer of Ukrainian Football Premier League three times in a row (2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15). The winner of Ukrainian sports photography competition under the aegis of the National Olympic Committee (2015, 2017). Also worked as a freelancer for UEFA, FIBA and well-known Ukrainian sports clubs, in particular FC "Shakhtar" (Donetsk).
Freelancer as of 2016. Expanded field of activity in reportage photography and photojournalism highlighting social events, arts, the Russia's war against Ukraine. Worked as a stringer for Reuters, EPA.
Became internationally known in March 2022 with video series "In the streets of Kharkiv", series of performances of cellist Denys Karachevtsev playing Bach in the ruined streets of Kharkiv. The project received huge coverage in social media and TV. The video has been presented on the "Late Show with David Letterman" by CBS.
Participant of the number of collective exhibitions dedicated to the war in Ukraine.
