In November many Ukrainian students began to protest against
the President Viktor Yanukovych due to the cooling of relations
with European Union. Over the months, many football ultras and
militants of far-right groups have supported the protest that has
turned into a open rebellion against the government. The center of
Kiev became the headquarters of the protest and the barricades
delimited the border of the revolution with the rest of the city.
The battle of Kiev took place in the month of February, when the
clashes between the rebels and security forces have become more
intense. The internal conflict ended with the ouster of President
Yanukovych and the death of about one hundred people. I worked
on the rebel's side, trying to focusing on people taking an active
part in street protests.
Sandro Maddalena was born in Naples in 1984. In 2014 he documented the events related to the Maidan uprising for AFP. The work on the Ukrainian revolution is published all over the world and gets several national and international awards (IPA, IPOTY, ND Awards, Nikon Talent). In the same year he documented the Donbass crisis for NurPhoto Agency. In the following years he mainly dealt with migratory flows and the consequences of the Ukrainian conflict. His photographic works have been exhibited in museums and photographic festivals in Italy and abroad.
Awards 2014
First place General News, IPA (International Photography Awards)
Editorial Photographer of the Year, IPA
Overall winner Nikon Talents
Finalist of the Lumix Freelens Award
First place Politics of Food, Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
2015
Honorable mention Deeper Perspective, IPA
Honorable mention Photo Essay, IPA
Third place General News, ND Awards Photo Contest
2016
Third place Photo Essay, IPOTY (International Photographer of the Year)
Honorable mention Photo Essay, IPOTY
Finalist of the Kuwait Grand Photography Contest
Honorable mention General News, Px3 (The Prix de la Photographie Paris)
Honorable mention, Exposure Award
Honorable mention Photo Essay, IPA
2018
Fifth place, HIPA ( Hamdan International Photography Award)
2021
First place Politics of Food, Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
2022
Second place European Photographer of the Year, Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Third place Politics of Food, Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Honorable mention Daily Life, ND Awards Photo Contest
