by Jonas Ekblom
Polish documentary photographer, based in France, working internationally.
Winner of numerous grants and awards, including Pulitzer Grant for Crisis Reporting, Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation Grant, Visa Pour l’Image Camille Lepage «On Est Ensemble» prize, Chris Hondors Fellow Award National Geographic Society’s Emergency Fund for Journalists and IWMF Courage in Journalism Award (for The Washington Post female journalists in Ukraine), World Report Award, NPPA Best of Photojournalism Innovation Award, Webby Award in News and others.
Her work documents long-lasting consequences of newsworthy events and inform about human rights violations worldwide, with a primary focus on subjects related to social inequalities, women’s reproductive health, gender-based violence and consequences of climate change on affected communities. She uses visual and written storytelling to inform about underreported issues of social importance. For the past four years, she has also been covering news in Eastern Europe with a particular focus on Ukraine. Through her approach, she aims to create layered work of journalistic value, highlighting personal testimonies behind the statistics of often stigmatised yet socially crucial topics.
In addition to her photographic work, she is regularly invited to lectures, international conferences and panels and about long-term documentation and journalism ethics at Universities, including The Art Academy in Lodz, Poland; National School Supérieure Louis-Lumière in Paris, France, Speos School in Paris, France and La Esmeralda, National School of Arts in Mexico City to discuss subjects of engag
Her work has been shown internationally at individual and collective exhibitions.
She works with:
Media: The New York Times / The Time / The Washington Post / LA Times / Smithsonian Magazine / NPR / The Guardian / EL Pais / Le Monde / Libération / Figaro Magazine / The Sunday Times / Financial Times / Elle / Polka / 6 Mois / Marie Claire / Stern / Geo / Die Zeit / Spiegel
NGOs: Amnesty International / WHO / UNICEF / DEC / MSF / Action Aid / Climate Reality / AIDES
She is open to all new challenges and available for assignments in Poland, France, or anywhere else in the world.