Portraits of refugees photographed at the train station in the Ukrainian city of Uzhgorod at the junction of borders, destinies and times.
Ukrainian artist and documentary photographer Alena Grom was born in Donetsk. In April 2014 she was forced to leave her hometown due to military events in Eastern Ukraine. Since 2017 she has lived in Bucha, a town outside of Kyiv.
As a result of the full-scale invasion of Russia in February 2022, Grom and her family became refugees for the second time, but returned after the de-occupation of Bucha.
These events largely affected her artistic practice.
However, her photographs are not illustrations of pity or grief. Life in spite of everything is one of the main themes of the artist.
Awards 2024 Fine Art Photography Award / 1st Place/ Title: Photographer of the Year
2024 Xposure International Photography Awards / Festival's main winner
2024 KLPA International Portrait Photography Prize / Finalist
2024 The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts / Second place;
2024 LensCulture Portrait Awards 2024 / Finalist
2023 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN PHOTO AWARD / Finalist
2023 World Photo Annual by reFocus Awards / Bronze
2023 Photometria Awards. Judged by Martin Parr/1st place/ Finalist
2023 LensCulture Portrait Awards United Kingdom / Finalist
2022 London International Creative Competition / Finalist
2022 GOMMA PHOTOGRAPHY Grant / Finalist
2022 Tokyo International Photo Awards / Prize Gold
2022 International Photography Awards “Best of Show 2022” by this year’s curator, Dr. Mark Sealy / New York /
2022 International Photography Awards / 1st Place / Editorial
2022 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) / Gold in Portraiture
2020 COCA2020. Center on Contemporary Art / Finalist
2018 The Tokyo International Photo Awards / Silver
2018 International Photographer Of The Year USA /Second place;
2018 Kaunas Photo Star Lithuania / Finalist
2018 LensCulture Portrait Awards United Kingdom / Finalist
2018 Slovak Press Photo / Finalistс
2018 International Photography Awards USA / Honorary Award;
2016 PHOTOGRAPHY SALOON «STROM» / Silver medal The Royal Photographic Society
