Iva Sidash (Yana Sidash) – photographer based in Ukraine.
Born in June 1995 in Lviv, Ukraine. Started photography in 2019.
Working with personal projects on social topics, documentary and reportage photography.
Since full scale invasion, has been documenting Russian-Ukrainian war, focusing on civilians and their lives.
Awards
Finalist of the International Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards 2021
Scholarship for ICP/CAMERA Masterclass held in Italy 2022
Top 3 best projects completed at ICP/CAMERA Masterclass 2022
Member of Exhibitions
2023 – Fisheye Gallery - “Alarming Beauty” Paris, France
2023 – Centrum för fotografi: CFF - “Invasion” Stockholm, Sweden
2023 – Hémisphères Paris - “Ukraine” Paris, France
2023 – Taller 131 - “Nostalgia De Una Rutina Interrumpida” Barcelona, Spain
2022, 2023 – Zimmer 48 - “Ukraine. Resilience"” Berlin, Germany
2022 – Praxis Gallery “Ukraine: Portraits Of Courage” Minneapolis, United States
2022 – The International Convention Center "Ukrainian House" - “Flash. Ukrainian photography today” Kyiv, Ukraine
2022 – Lviv Historical Museum “Chorna rillya izorana” Lviv, Ukraine
2021 – Lviv Municipal Art Center “Street Dialogues 2.0” Lviv Ukraine
2021 – Odesa Photo Days Festival “Street dialogues” Odesa, Ukraine
Publications
Financial Times – How Ukrainian photographers captured a year of conflict
Fisheyemagazine.fr – Ukraine, l’année où tout a basculé vue par les photographes d’Alarming Beauty
Göteborgs-Posten – Ukrainska fotografer visar kriget inifrån
Bird In Flight – I have no home
Reporters.media – Young people with disabilities go to the Carpathians.
The Village Ukraine – Surveillance camera. The contrasting "cocktail" of Lviv in the photo of Yana Sidash
Bird In Flight – Cafe "Cafe": Popping a glass at the Lviv railway station
Bird In Flight– Fresh catch: Yana Sidach's street photography