Oleh AndrosPhotographer

Born in 1985 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Started doing photography in 2001.

My favorite areas are portrait photography (I prefer mysticism and surrealism), as well as reportage (mainly on the nature conservation topics).

My first photo reports were published by the Ukrainian paper media of the 2000s - "Vechernye Vesti", "Day" newspapers and others (since 2007).

Graduated from Kyiv School of Photography (courses "Advanced Photographer", "Composition", "Photoshop" and "Lightroom"), 2019.

Co-founder of the non-government organization "Independent Journalists' Union "Nature first"" (2008),  "Snovyda" (in Ukrainian this means "sleepwalker") photo project (originally, this was the name of my photo studio in 2015-2016, after its closure it's the name of my photography page in social networks). I'm a member of the National Union of Photographic Artists of Ukraine.

Page about me in Ukrainian Wiki.

Personal exhibitions were held at State Youth Library (two in 2018-2019), the third was held in the eco-art space "Fitotron" in the National Botanical Garden named after Gryshko of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2021), the fourth and fifth - at the Mala Opera in Kyiv (2022), the sixth and seventh - at the Kyiv Youth Library (2023).

Participant of photo exhibitions of the "Photographer's Development" Facebook group (in particular, permanently active in the Art Crossing on Khreshchatyk street in Kyiv) from 2018 to the present day.

In 2021, I took part in the Ukrainian part of the largest international nature-themed  annual photographic competition Wiki Loves Earth. According to the results of this competition, my photos won all five prizes in the special nomination "Protection of protected areas".

One of my photos also won the third prize in the nomination of the international part of Wiki Loves Earth "Human Rights and the Environment" (2022).

Media and books illustrated by my photos:

  • issue of Gothica magazine about the history of Cherkasy festival "Energy", 2020; 
  • an anthology of works by the publishing house "Samit-knyga" "Experience of war: Ukrainian voices" (2022).