About Dima Gavrysh - personal archive

Dima Gavrysh is a Ukrainian-born, New York City-based photographer. 

He started his career in the mid-90s in Kiev, Ukraine, and moved to the U.S. in 2005. Over the past 10 years, he has worked with major news agencies such as Associated Press, Agence France Press, European Press-Photo Agency, Gamma-Press, Reuters, and Bloomberg News. 

Dima’s personal projects include work with Doctors Without Borders and the United Nations Population Fund in Uganda, Senegal, and Niger.

Dima’s work has been published in magazines and newspapers worldwide including National Geographic Adventure, The New York Times, Popular Photography, Time, People, Paris Match, Independent, Marie Claire, Stern, and Newsweek.

Dima is currently pursuing MFA in Photography at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Awards:

• PDN's 30: 2011
• PDN (Photo Annual) Photojournalism Winner: 2010
• Photolucida: (Critical Mass Top50) Winner: 2010
• BURN Magazine – (Emerging Photographer Grant) Finalist: 2010
• AI+AP (American Photography) Yearbook: 2008, 2009, 2010
• Magenta Foundation "Flash-Forward" – Honorable mention: 2010
• PX3 (Prix de la Photographie Paris) – Portraiture 1st place: 2010
• PX3 (Prix de la Photographie Paris) – Travel 1st, 2nd and 3rd place: 2009
• Lucie (International Photography Awards) – Honorable mention: 2008-2009
• XVIII Eddie Adams Workshop: 2005

Exhibitions:

• RING CUBE Gallery (Tokyo, Japan) "PDN's 30": 2011
• RayKo Photo Center (San Francisco, CA) "Across the Divide": 2011 
• Pelavin gallery (New York, NY) "A field guide to getting lost": 2011
• Brown University, List Art Center (Providence, RI) "Incoming!": 2010

Dima holds US and Ukrainian passports and is available for assignments throughout the world.

dima@dimagavrysh.com