Alina Smutko
Alina Smutko | |
|---|---|
| Аліна Смутко | |
| Born | 1992 |
| Alma mater | Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Ukrainian Catholic University |
Alina Viktorivna Smutko[1] (Ukrainian: Аліна Вікторівна Смутко, born 1992[2]) is a Ukrainian documentary photographer and photojournalist.
Biography[edit]
She graduated from the Faculty of Philology and Journalism of Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University (2014, bachelor's degree),[1][3] and the School of Journalism and Communications of the Ukrainian Catholic University (2016, master's degree).[4]
In 2016–2019, she was in the occupied Crimea as a freelance reporter for the Ukrainian bureau of Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe.[5] In 2019, Russia declared her persona non grata for her professional activities and banned her from entering Crimea and Russia for ten years.[6][7]
During 2021–2023, she worked in the Suspilne Novyny team.[4][2] She covered events in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblast, Transnistria, Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Her work has been published on Hromadske, Focus, Deutsche Welle, BBC, Radio Liberty, The New York Times,[8] The Telegraph,[9] Politico, Der Spiegel, National Geographic, The Independent,[10] The Guardian,[11] Reuters.[12][5]
Since 2013, she has been working with Reuters.[4] She is the author of illustrations and several book covers, including those of Choven Publishing House.[5]
Exhibitions[edit]
Solo exhibitions[edit]
- 2017 – "The Island C" in Crimean House, Kyiv, Ukraine[4]
- 2019 – "The Island C" on Koktebel Jazz Fest 2019, Kyiv, Ukraine[4]
- 2020 – the exhibition with the LaVita Palliative Care Fund, Kyiv, Ukraine[4]
- 2022 – "New hybrid deportation" in La Chambre, Strasbourg, France[4]
- 2022 – "New Hybrid Deportation" under the auspices of Graph CMI Association, Bram, France[4]
Group exhibitions[edit]
- 2015 – the exhibition of The Day newspaper photo contest, Kyiv, Ukraine[4]
- 2019 – "The Dream About White Socks" on Nikon Photo Contest 2019 exhibition, Tokyo, Japan[4]
- 2020 – the exhibition "Human Rights Situation in Crimea" at the Globsec Security Forum, Bratislava, Slovakia[4]
- 2022 – "New hybrid deportation" at the First Parliamentary Summit of the Crimean Platform, Zagreb, Croatia[4]
- 2022 – the exhibition at The CinEast Festival, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg[4]
- 2022 - "New hybrid deportation" on The Fotofestiwal Łodz, Lodz, Poland[4]
- 2022 - the exhibition of La-Presse.org in Leipzig, Germany[4]
- 2022 – the exhibition at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA[4]
- 2022 – the screening at Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay[4]
- 2022 – the screening of Georgian and Ukrainian war photography by Tbilisi Photo Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia[4]
- 2022 – the exhibition Shoulder To Shoulder: Ukrainian War Photography in public places in Odesa, Ukraine[4]
- 2022 – the screening of female Ukrainian photographers at the Sune Jonsson Centrum for dokumentarfotografi, Umea, Sweden[4]
- 2022 – "The Thin Line" at Safehouse 2 in Peckham, London, UK[4]
- 2022 – the exhibition "The Thin Line" and screening of War Photography in Montpellier, France[4]
- 2022 – "The Thin Line" in Ottensheim, Austria[4]
- 2022 – the screening at The Bayeux Award festival, Bayeux, France[4]
- 2022 – "Focus on Ukraine", Hoorn, The Netherlands[4]
- 2022 – the exhibition at the Estacao Imagem festival, Coimbra, Portugal[4]
- 2022 - “The New Abnormal” at PHOXXI, the temporary House of Photography of Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany[4]
- 2022 – "The Thin Line" at The Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark[4]
- 2022 – the exhibition in VEMU Estonian Museum, Toronto, Canada[4]
- 2022 – the exhibition in OKAPI Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia[4]
Awards[edit]
- 2015 – the photo contest of The Day newspaper, Kyiv, Ukraine (shortlist)[4]
- 2019 – one of the «12 RFE/RL Women Who Make Headlines», Prague, Czech Republic[4]
- 2019 – Corporate Photo Contest RFE/RL, Prague, Czech Republic (winner)[4]
- 2019 – Nikon Photo Contest 2019, Tokyo, Japan (silver prize)[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Студенти факультету філології та журналістики — призери Всеукраїнської олімпіади з журналістики". Полтавський національний педагогічний університет імені Володимира Короленка. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ a b "Photographer says capturing Ukraine conflict helped her 'not go crazy'". Jerse Yevening Post. 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Випускники". Кафедра журналістики. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Bio". Alina Smutko. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
- ^ a b c "Аліна Смутко". UAPP. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Олександр Колесник (2023-03-20). "У Дніпрі експонується фотовиставка "Історії з окупованого Криму"". АрміяInform. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "У Кропивницькому відкрилася фотовиставка "Історії з окупованого Криму"". Представництво Президента України в Автономній Республіці Крим. 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Russia-Ukraine War. White House Rejects Kremlin Claim of a Role in Explosions". The New York Times. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Ukraine war live: Russia orders evacuations 'ahead of Ukrainian counter offensive'". The Telegraph. 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Alex Hickson (2022-05-15). "'It makes our voice as a country louder': A Ukraine photographer's battle against Russian propaganda". Independent. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Summary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Cherry blossom mingles with barbed wire and trenches in Kyiv park". Reuters. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-09.