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Alina Smutko

Alina Viktorivna Smutko[1] (Ukrainian: Аліна Вікторівна Смутко, born 1992[2]) is a Ukrainian documentary photographer and photojournalist.

Alina Smutko
Аліна Смутко
Born1992
Alma materPoltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University,
Ukrainian Catholic University

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

  1. ^ a b "Студенти факультету філології та журналістики — призери Всеукраїнської олімпіади з журналістики". Полтавський національний педагогічний університет імені Володимира Короленка. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  2. ^ a b "Photographer says capturing Ukraine conflict helped her 'not go crazy'". Jerse Yevening Post. 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  3. ^ "Випускники". Кафедра журналістики. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c "Аліна Смутко". UAPP. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  6. ^ Олександр Колесник (2023-03-20). "У Дніпрі експонується фотовиставка "Історії з окупованого Криму"". АрміяInform. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  7. ^ "У Кропивницькому відкрилася фотовиставка "Історії з окупованого Криму"". Представництво Президента України в Автономній Республіці Крим. 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  8. ^ "Russia-Ukraine War. White House Rejects Kremlin Claim of a Role in Explosions". The New York Times. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  9. ^ "Ukraine war live: Russia orders evacuations 'ahead of Ukrainian counter offensive'". The Telegraph. 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Summary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  12. ^ "Cherry blossom mingles with barbed wire and trenches in Kyiv park". Reuters. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
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