Pasha Kritchko (1987) was part time civil engineer and wedding photographer from Belarus and turned his life and career upside down and started covering presidential elections in Belarus 2020 to use his photo experience and voice to show the real situation there.
His current works focus on the Belarusian crisis caused by events in 2020 and its consequences, including the stories of Belarusian volunteer fighters who helped in Ukraine, and the struggles of Belarusian refugees. Pasha's goal is to use his photography to shed light on these issues and bring attention to the challenges facing Belarusians both at home and abroad.
RESIDENCES:
2021 Sputnik photos (Warsaw, Poland)
2021 Arsenal gallery (Bialostok, Poland)
2022 NCK Gauda Polonia (Poland)
EXHIBITIONS:
2022 RYBNIK photo festival
2022/2023 FOTOFESTIWAL (Lodz, Poland) / Minsk Month of Photography
2023 CinEAST Festival (Luxembourg)
2023 European Month of Photography (EMoP), Berlin
EDUCATION:
2022/2024 Hamburg Portfolio Review
2024 International Class program in Hochshule Hannover - Visual Journalism and Documentary photography
2024 Eddie Adams Workshop
2024 Canon Student Development Program
2025 New York Portfolio review
CONTESTS:
2023 “FAMILY CONNECTIONS” by EUNEIGHBOURS east and “FOTOFESTIWAL” - Belarus WINNER
2024 NIKON FOTOBUS Grant - FINALIST
2025 PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award - FINALIST
2025 KRANJ FOTO FEST - WINNER
2025 AFTERMATH PROJECT GRANT - FINALIST
His current works focus on the Belarusian crisis caused by events in 2020 and its consequences, including the stories of Belarusian volunteer fighters who helped in Ukraine, and the struggles of Belarusian refugees. Pasha's goal is to use his photography to shed light on these issues and bring attention to the challenges facing Belarusians both at home and abroad.
RESIDENCES:
2021 Sputnik photos (Warsaw, Poland)
2021 Arsenal gallery (Bialostok, Poland)
2022 NCK Gauda Polonia (Poland)
EXHIBITIONS:
2022 RYBNIK photo festival
2022/2023 FOTOFESTIWAL (Lodz, Poland) / Minsk Month of Photography
2023 CinEAST Festival (Luxembourg)
2023 European Month of Photography (EMoP), Berlin
EDUCATION:
2022/2024 Hamburg Portfolio Review
2024 International Class program in Hochshule Hannover - Visual Journalism and Documentary photography
2024 Eddie Adams Workshop
2024 Canon Student Development Program
2025 New York Portfolio review
CONTESTS:
2023 “FAMILY CONNECTIONS” by EUNEIGHBOURS east and “FOTOFESTIWAL” - Belarus WINNER
2024 NIKON FOTOBUS Grant - FINALIST
2025 PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award - FINALIST
2025 KRANJ FOTO FEST - WINNER
2025 AFTERMATH PROJECT GRANT - FINALIST