Polonina Borzhava / Carpathian Mountain / Ukraine. Photograph

Artur Abramiv is an artist, documentary photographer, researcher, and journalist hailing from Western Ukraine. The area of interest of the artist includes the creation of new styles, the search for new forms of art, the creation of conceptual and research projects. He started his early artistic activity in 2005. He started exhibiting in 2010. In 2021, Abramiv became the Laureate of the Kuindzhi International Prize for the innovative art project "Thousands Shades of White", presented to the public in a personal exhibition in 2019. He began his photography career in 2011 and has since honed his craft in documentary storytelling. Since 2020, Abramiv has covered the ethno-culture of remote Carpathian peoples, national food and drink, animal rights, and their protection, working as a regular contributor to National Geographic Traveller. Also, he covers human rights violations by totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. In 2021, he began to collaborate with Hasselblad. In 2022, Abramiv photographed the war in Ukraine for National Geographic Traveller, and later as a contract photographer for Zuma Press and Getty Images for The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Bild, ORF, Udenrigsministeriet, MSNBC News, and other media. His images has been featured in various publications, including National Geographic, Bloomberg, BBC, Business Insider, Vogue, Popsugar, Bustle, Madamenoire, Popular Mechanics, Local History Magazine, New York Post, Newsweek, The Atlantic.