Russkiy Mir - Suffering In Ukraine

• Photographer
  Lenka Klicperová
• Agency / Studio
  Lenka Klicperová
• Prize
  Bronze in Editorial / Conflict
• Socials
• Website
  https://lenkaklicperova.cz/

From the first day of the special operation the Russians began the "denazification" of Ukraine and started to enforce the so-called Russkiy mir. The concept of the Russian world, which Putin's Russia is trying to impose by force in Ukraine, brings only death, destruction and suffering. For the time being, the Ukrainians have been united in their fight against Russia and are defending themselves with unprecedented determination against a much stronger enemy.

• Biography
  Journalist and photographer. Since 2018 she has been working as a freelance reporter and photographer. She has worked in a number of African countries, visited Afghanistan several times, as well as Somalia.Since 2014, she has focused on the issue of war with the ISIS in Iraq and Syria. She is the co-author of several books, documentaries, number of television reports. In 2020 she was included in the prestigious Women Photograph database, which includes the best female photographers from around the world. she was shortlisted in International Women In Photo Association Award (2020 and 2022). She
• Awards
  Critic`s Choice Awards (Lens Culture) 2023 People Photographer of the Year 2023 (Annual Photography Awards) Shortlisted in International Women In Photo Association Award (2020 and 2022). Solo exhibition (All About Photo) for November 2021 with her work from Nagorno-Karabakh Shortlisted in All about Photo Women and Lens Culture Black&White Photography Award. Photojournalist of the Year 2021 (Annual Photography Awards). 2020 Czech Press Photo, UNHCR Award 2019 Czech Press Photo, 3rd prize Investigation, video report Defeated 2019 Journalism Award – nomination – 2018 CZECH-SLOVAK PUBLIC AWARD (together with Markéta Kutilová), The last battle with ISIS. 2018 Nomination for the 1st prize in Czech Press Photo, section: Problems of the Contemporary World Photo 2018 Czech Press Photo – 1st prize, video – Investigation – The Queen of Caliphate (together with Markéta Kutilová) 2017 Nomination for the 1st prize, Czech Press Photo, section Problems of the Contemporary World 2017 The International Film Festival, Stories of the Earth – Unbroken 2016 Czech Press Photo nomination – video Feature: War on the Euphrates (together with Markéta Kutilová) 2015 Czech Press Photo – UNHCR Award – Refugee in Irbil, Iraq (together with Jarmila Štuková) 2015 Czech Press Photo – video section – first prize feature for Unbroken (together with Jarmila Štukova, Olga Šilhová, and Markéta Kutilová) 2014 Journalism Award – nomination for 1st prize in Audiovisual Journalism „Best Reportage“ (report Like a Virgin – with Jarmila Štuková) 2014 Journalism Award – nomination for the 1st prize in Audiovisual Journalism „Best Reportage“ (report Like a Virgin – together with Jarmila Štuková) 2009 Tears of Congo – awarded at the 2009 Ekofilm, or the International Film Festival of Environment, Natural and Cultural Heritage, and at the 2009 Feminafilm 2008 Czech Press Photo – Honorable Mention – People of Omo, Southern Ethiopia, Everyday Life category.