Igor Chekachkov
Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
The foundations of author's photographic career were laid back in March 2008. He launched into field of documentary photography as a photo reporter and photo editor for Mediaport News Agency (based in Kharkiv, Ukraine). The path through photographic fields, weaving through years of work and searching, led the author to the enigmatic domain of art photography which he still successfully explores these days. Individual art photography projects and elaboration of challenging visual ideas remain the subject of author's unfailing interest and estimation.
Landmarks of professional life:
Photoreporter and editor in Mediaport News Agency (Kharkiv, Ukraine) since March 2008
Contributor to such news agencies as RIA Novosti, Unian and ITAR TASS on a freelance basis since August 2008
Editorial portrait photographer in "Focus", “Reporter”, "Forbes" (Ukraine) magazines, as well as a number of periodical news editions base in Ukraine, since year 2010.
Contributor to "National Geographic" (Ukraine) since May 2013, “The Guardian”, “Le Monde”
Member of UPHA (Ukrainian Photographic Alternative) and UAPF (Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers) group since year 2013.
Exhibitions and publications:
08.2013 exhibition at the Baltic Biennale of Photography, Kalliningrad
01.2014 solo exhibition at the gallery Dziga, Lviv
06.2014 exhibition at Eleven Gallery, Rennes, France
07.2014 exhibition at Tea Factory Gallery, Odessa
10.2014 exhibition at La Quitreme Image, Paris
10.2014 publication in Opera journal, Germany
11.2014 publication in 5.6 journal, Ukraine
11.2014 exhibition at the Festival of Contemporary Art "Terra Futura", Kherson.
12.2014 solo exhibition at Come.In gallery, Kharkov
07.2015 solo exhibition at Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris
09.2015 exhibition at Ukrainian Cultural Center, Los Angeles
10. 2015 exhibition at Ukrainian Museum, New York
Specialization:
visual reporting
art photography projects (without limits)
- Arts
- Breaking news
- Crisis
- Editorial
- Events
- Fashion
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Sports