SVET JACQUELINE

Photojournalist + Documentary Photographer (est. 1992)

Svet Jacqueline earned a Bachelor of Science in Photography from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. For several years she did commercial work, freelancing for Sony Records and managing studios in Los Angeles, California. During the global pandemic, she began documenting the Black Lives Matter movement and published her first book, 100 Days of Protest. In 2021, she split her time between Los Angeles, Mexico, and Texas documenting migration at the U.S. border and the cycle of poverty on Skid Row. Her work won first place in the International Photography Awards and NPPA Best of Photojournalism. When Russia invaded Ukraine, she began focusing on visual stories around childhood trauma in conflict zones. She is a photo essayist in the book, Relentless Courage: Ukraine And The World At War and Ukraine: A War Crime by FotoEvidence. All About Photo named her one of the best modern photographers in their September issue and CNN featured her as one of 12 women and nonbinary photographers capturing 2022. She has participated in the “Eddie Adams Workshop,” and the “Missouri Photo Workshop.” Recent exhibitions have been at the Orlando Museum of Art, NYU, and The Ukraine House in Washington D.C. She was shortlisted for the Mary Stafford reportage grant and received The Yunghi Grant for her ongoing work, “Too Young To Fight.” You can find more of her work in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and Zeke Magazine. HEFAT, HEAT, and New York Times safety trained - She is currently based in Ukraine and available for new assignments on a freelance basis- represented by ZUMA Press and Leica Camera. 

CONTACT: svetjacqueline@gmail.com I +380 938 06 3730

AFFILIATIONS: Women Photojournalists of Washington, National Press Photographers Association, All About Photo, Social Documentary Network, Leica Camera

RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS:

2024 Px3 Silver Medal: To Die In Prison Or Die At War- It Makes No Difference

2024 Microgrant Recipient YoungArts

2024 Solo Exhibition Leica: Moments When The Smoke Clears

2024 American Center For Photographers Exhibition

2024 Keynote Speaker: D.C. Shoot Off

2024 Second Place International News Story: Prayer In The Shadows

2023 Prix3 Winner: The Invasion

2023 Artist Residency: Eyes On Main Street, Wilson

2023 Shortlist: Mary Stafford Reportage Grant

2023 Ukraine: A War Crime, FotoEvidence Book

2023 ZEKE Magazine: “Too Young To Fight”

2023 Panelist: Documenting Ukraine, The Social Documentary Network

2023 Finalist: Rest Of World Photography Competition

2023 Keynote Speaker: D.C. Shoot Off

2023 Keynote Speaker: Northern Short Course, NPPA

2023 Re-Focus Awards Gold": “Moments Of War”

2023 Orlando Museum Of Art Exhibit: Relentless Courage

2022 CNN Women And Nonbinary Photographers Capture 2022 (click)

2022 The Yunghi Kim Grant Recipient: “Too Young To Fight” (click)

2022 All About Photo, “An Unnecessary War, Bucha And Beyond.” (click)

2022 Projections Ukraine Witnessing A War: Svet Jacqueline (click)

2022 NYU Exhibit: Reimagining Interiority “100 Days of Protest”

2022 Photo Book: Relentless Courage: Ukraine And The World At War (click)

2022 All About Photo: Best Modern Photographers, September

2022 Eddie Adams Workshop XXXV - Jeffersonville, NY

2022 Missouri Photo Workshop ‘74 - Excelsior Springs, MO

2022 Muse Photography Awards Gold: “Roadblock in Reynosa”

2022 Panelist: Urgency Ukraine, TheBronx Documentary Center

2022 Best of Photojournalism National Press Photographers Association: 1st Place, General News

2021 A Stranger’s Guide: California ”The Tarped Streets”

2021 House of Lucie Budapest Best In Show Gallery: “Floating Through Darkness”

2021 International Photography Awards: 1st Place “Floating Through Darkness”