Английская Википедия:Alexander Chekmenev
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Alexander Chekmenev (Oleksandr Chekmenov) (Шаблон:Lang-ua, Шаблон:Lang-ru, born April 1, 1969)[1] is a Ukrainian documentary photographer and photojournalist based in Kyiv.
Career
Chekmenev made his first photo while in school, attended a photoclubШаблон:Sfn and later got a professional certificate from a licensed photo studio in Luhansk in 1988.Шаблон:Sfn
He worked for a studio in Luhansk and did small time jobs taking pictures of weddings, birthdays and other occasions. He also occasionally volunteered as a forensic photographer for an ambulance brigade in the city.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1997 he was invited to a Kiyv-based daily newspaper as a photojournalist and moved to Kyiv. In 1998 the newspaper ceased operation, Chekmenev became a freelancer and has been working as an independent photojournalist ever since.Шаблон:Sfn Today he works as a photojournalist
His first book was called simply Black and White Photographs and was published in 2008 in Kyiv as a part of series on Ukrainian photography. In 2011 Alexander made a private print of his book Donbass in Germany. Chekmenev created a series of portraits of protestors, called Warriors, as they emerged from the street battles of Euromaidan.[2] His next book Passport was based on his work of 1994/95 and was published in the UK in 2017.[3][4]
Publications
Publications by Chekmenev
- Black and White Photographs. Kyiv: Artbook, 2008. Шаблон:ISBN. Ukrainian/English. Edition of 1000 copies.
- Donbass. Heidelberg: Kehrer, 2011. Edited by Andrej Krementschouk. Шаблон:ISBN. German/English/Russian.
- Passport. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2017. Шаблон:ISBN. Edition of 1000 copies.
- Lilies. Museum of Kharkiv School of Photography, 2020. Photography and text by Chekmenev. Edited by Sergiy Lebedynskyy. Шаблон:ISBN. Ukrainian/English. Edition of 550 copies.[5]
- Pharmakon: Ambulance in Luhansk 1994–1995. Palermo: 89books, 2021. Шаблон:ISBN. With an essay by Donald Weber.
Publications with others
- Insight. Ukrainian black and white photography in the XXI century. 2008.
Collections
- Museum of Kharkiv School of Photography, Kharkiv, Ukraine (245 prints from various series)Шаблон:Cn
- Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (15 prints from the Passport series)Шаблон:Cn
- Mystetskyi Arsenal National Art and Culture Museum Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine (prints from the Passport series)Шаблон:Cn
- Märkisches Museum, Witten, Germany (2 prints from the Donbass series)Шаблон:Cn
Solo exhibitions
- Ukrainian Passport, Lilac series, City art gallery in Poprad, Slovakia, 2000
- Ukrainian Passport, Lilac, The Blind, Easter, Portraits, The Miners, City art gallery in Olsztyn, Poland, 2001
- Donbass, Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm, Russia, 2010
- Donbass, Шаблон:Ill, Witten, Germany, 2013
- Donbass, Pálffy Palace, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2015
- Donbass, Passport, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, 2016
- Donbass, Märkisches Museum, Witten, Germany, 2018
See also
References
Works cited
External links
- Шаблон:Official website
- "Ukrainian Servicemen", The New Yorker, 2014
