Michael Dorohovich Country: Ukraine Michael Dorohovich is a portrait and documentary photographer, born in 1978 in Transcarpathia, in the small town of Uzhgorod. Winner of the MONOVISIONS Black & White Photography Awards 2023 (single) award. He holds a master's degree in photography from the Kyiv University of Culture and is a teacher of audiovisual art at the Uzhgorod Academy of Culture and Arts. Winner and prize-winner of many prestigious world awards in the field of photography. His works have received international recognition and have been exhibited in museums and galleries in Japan, India, North America and many European countries. Interviews with him have been published on the most prestigious platforms in the world in the field of photography, such as: MUSE WORLD (New York, USA), MONOVISIONS Black & White Photography Magazine (London, United Kingdom), TIFA - Tokyo International Foto Awards (Tokyo, Japan). Author of photo projects that presented the culture and traditions of Transcarpathia to the whole world: “Famous and Interesting Personalities of Transcarpathia” (2021 - 2022); "Cultural Ethnos of Transcarpathia" (2022); "High-mountain inhabitants of the Ukrainian Carpathians" (2023-2024); "Unique women of the Roma culture Keldelari" (2023). Throughout his life, he has been engaged in solo mountaineering and mountain solo trekking. He traveled through the mountain systems of the Carpathians, Crimea, Caucasus, Alps, Altai, Kamchatka, Pamir and Tien Shan. He recorded all his ascents in photo landscapes.

Awards:
Winner of the year, "MONOVISIONS Black & White Photography Awards 2023 (single)" (London, United Kingdom);
1st place in the "people" category, black and white SERIES OF THE YEAR 2023 "MONOVISIONS Black & White Photography Awards 2023" (London, United Kingdom);
Winner of the international award "Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022" in the nomination "Fine Art", "Life On A Prosthesis" (Tokyo, Japan);
1st place in two categories People / Lifestyle and People / Family of the IPA - International Photography Awards 2024 (Los Angeles, California);
Platinum winner of the "MUSE Photography Awards 2023" in the Black & White Photography / People category (New York, USA);
Gold winner of the "MUSE Photography Awards 2023" in the People Photography / Culture category (New York, USA);
Gold winner of the GLOBAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2024 in the People Photography/Family category.
Gold winner in two categories of the "MUSE Photography Awards 2024" (New York, USA);
Gold winner of the BIFA – Budapest International Foto Awards 2023 in the Editorial/Personalities nomination. "Professor of Buckingham Business School, UK";
Gold (1st place) in the People/Portrait nomination (series), "Portraits of famous and interesting personalities of Transcarpathia, Ukraine" at the international photo competition ND Awards 2022;
Gold (1st place) in the Fine Art/Portrait nomination, "Life On A Prosthesis" - Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022 (Tokyo, Japan);
Gold winner of the London Photography Awards 2023 in 4 categories;
Gold winner of the "London Photography Awards 2024" in 2 categories - People Photography / Culture "The unique Roma culture of Keldelari.", and People Photography / Lifestyle "Highland inhabitants of the Ukrainian Carpathians."
Gold in four nominations of the European Prize "EPA - EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2023";
Gold in two nominations of the European Prize "EPA - EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2024";
Laureate of the portrait prize STF (Shoot The Frame) Awards - October 2022, April 2024, August 2024 (Thornbury, Australia);
Finalist of the international photo competition "THE 83rd INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON OF JAPAN" 2023;
Finalist in two categories of the IPA – DEEPER PERSPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD 2023 (Los Angeles);
Silver (2nd place) in the nomination - PORTRAIT (series) "MONOVISIONS Black & White Photography Awards 2022" (London, United Kingdom). "Portraits of famous and interesting personalities of Transcarpathia, Ukraine."
Silver (2nd place) in the nomination - PORTRAIT (series) "MONOVISIONS Black & White Photography Awards 2024" (London, United Kingdom). "The unique Roma culture of Keldelari."
Silver (2nd place) in the nomination "People/Portrait" and jury's choice - TOP 5 best photographs of the competition - portrait of Tatyana Litus, IPA - International Photography Awards 2022 (Los Angeles, California);
Silver (2nd place) in the nomination "Editorial/Personalities", "Life on a Prosthesis" at the international photo competition BIFA - Budapest International Foto Awards 2022";
Silver (2nd place) in the nomination "People Photography/Culture": "Cultural ethnos of Transcarpathia" - New York Photography Awards 2022 (New York, USA);
Silver (2nd place) in the nomination People/Culture, Cultural Ethnos of Transcarpathia — Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022 (Tokyo, Japan);
Silver in the nomination Press/People/Personality, Paris Prize "PX3 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris" 2023;
Silver in the nomination - Press/Travel/Tourism, Paris Prize "PX3 - Prix de la Photographie", Paris 2024. Photo series "Highland inhabitants of the Ukrainian Carpathians";
Silver in the nomination Black & White Photography / Portrait of the GLOBAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2024 Photography - Ilona Barta;
Bronze in the nomination - Portraiture/Family, Paris Prize "PX3 - Prix de la Photographie", Paris 2024. Photo series "The unique Roma culture of Keldelari";
Bronze (3rd place) in the nomination "Editorial/Personality", "Sukhan Oleksandr, Disabled Athlete, Participant of International Supermarathons In Wheelchairs" - Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022 (Tokyo, Japan);
Bronze (3rd place) in the nomination "People/Lifestyle", "Highlanders of the Ukrainian Carpathians" at the international photo competition BIFA - Budapest International Foto Awards 2022";
In the list of winners of the portrait category of the 16th annual international award in the field of color photography - 16TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS 2023 (Beverly Hills, California);

Exhibitions:
1997 – photo exhibition “Revival of Spirituality”, Uzhgorod, Karpat Art;
2002 – international photo exhibition “Women for Peace” (Almaty, Kazakhstan), with the support of UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women;
2004 – photo exhibition “Portraits”, UzhNU (Faculty of Economics);
2005 – photo exhibition “Revolution”, Uzhgorod, Museum of Folk Architecture and Life;
2022 – photo exhibition of artistic portraits “Famous and Interesting Personalities of Transcarpathia” in Uzhgorod, Uzhgorod Castle Gallery;
2023 – “83rd International Photographic Salon of Japan”. The photo work “Life On A Prosthesis” is presented in art museums and galleries of Japanese cities.
Hiroshima – Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art, Prefectural Gallery, and Mihara Civic Gallery;
Tokyo – Machida City Photo Gallery;
Nagano – Saku City Lifelong Learning Center;
Tochigi – Sakura City Museum, Hirokata Arai Memorial Hall;
Hyogo – Yamada Gallery;
Okayama – Tenjinyama Cultural Plaza, Okayama Prefecture;
Fukushima – Fukushima City Museum of Photography;
Niigata – Niigata Niitsu City Museum of Art;
Aomori – Wichi Takayama Memorial Museum of Art;
2024 – TIFA International Photo Exhibition “Tokyo International Foto Awards” - 2022/2023, Marunouchi Photo Gallery and Art Space in Tokyo, Japan. Work “Life on a Prosthesis”.
2024 - The photo "Carpathian Witches" is included in the global online exposition of the Ten Moir Gallery.
2024 - International photo exhibition of the winners of TIFA "Tokyo International Foto Awards" - 2022/2023, gallery "House of Lucie" (Budapest). Work "Life on a prosthesis".
2024 - International photo exhibition Mythology-Inspired in Rome (Italy), gallery "Loosen Art Gallery - Space Millepiani Roma", curator LoosenArt. Works from the series "Unique Roma Culture of Keldelari".
2024 - International photo exhibition IDENTITY in the gallery "The Glasgow Gallery of Photography", which took place from September 5 to 29 in Glasgow, UK. Work "Unique Roma Women in Keldelari".
2024 – Art association "Kyivphotos-Hall 2012" charity exhibition of Ukrainian art photography "IMPRESSIONS OF LIFE 2024", Kyiv, art space of the Mykola Gogol Library. Photography "Carpathian Witches". 2024 – Art association "Kyivphotos-Hall 2012" exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian art photography "SPIRIT OF FREEDOM". Art space of the Lviv Historical Museum (Italian courtyard of the Kornyakt Palace. Photo "Daughters of the Lost Land".
2024 - International photo exhibition "Otherworld" in the gallery "The Glasgow Gallery of Photography", which took place from October 5 to 31 in Glasgow, UK. Work "Carpathian Witch". Gallery - Merchant City.
2024 - International photo exhibition ”State of the World” 2024 - Paris Photo Prize exhibition, which took place in Paris from November 5 to 9, 2024 in the 24b gallery as part of the Paris Photo Week. Curator Hossein Farmani. Photo series "Unique Roma Culture of Keldelari".
2024 - XIX International Salon of Art Photography - exhibition of the winners "Photo Vernissage on Pokrov 2024" Rivne. City House of Culture.