Artist Talk with Svet Jacqueline

Come by for an Artist Talk with Svet Jacqueline in conjuction with the opening of her solo show, Moments When The Smoke Clears: Two Years Covering The War in Ukraine. Saturday, June 15th, 12-2pm.

Svet Jacqueline arrived in Ukraine at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion with no experience, no contract, and a broken camera. Two years later, she works with Walk Street Journal as a photojournalist and continues to document the people of Ukraine - their perseverance, their hope, and their struggle. As we celebrate the opening weekend of her exhibition, we have an opportunity to learn more in-depth about living and working in a conflict zone.

ABOUT

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 ZUMA Press.