Bio
Joseph Sywenkyj (b. 1978) is an American photographer specializing in reportage, portraiture, breaking news, and travel photography. He moved to Ukraine in 2003 on a Fulbright Fellowship and has traveled extensively throughout the region and beyond. Mr. Sywenkyj’s photographs have appeared in various publications such as The New York Times, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Conde Nast Portfolio, GQ, Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker, and many others. His photographs have been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums including Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland; Les Rencontres d’Arles in Arles, France; The Richard B. Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC and the United Nations Visitor’s Lobby in New York City. Mr. Sywenkyj has won multiple awards and grants. He was named in 2003 as one of Photo District News 30 Emerging Photographers to watch, attended the 2002 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, and won a Visual Arts Foundation Grant. He was a finalist for the 2009 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography and is currently a finalist for a 2010 Hasselblad Masters Award. Kodak Professional has also sponsored the creation of his work in Ukraine as well as in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr. Sywenkyj graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2002 with honors with a BFA in photography. |
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