I work as a staff photographer for one of the leading Ukrainian news platforms - LB.ua. I am also a stringer in Ukraine for Reuters.
I have been working as a photojournalist since 2006. Since 2012, I have been involved into developing LB.ua as a new media platform by shooting videos, writing texts and broadcasting online.
I have been photographing the war in eastern Ukraine since the very beginning: capturing of Donetsk Regional State Administration; Presidential elections in the Donetsk region that were conducted in fact in the military conditions; first "Caucasian" soldiers in Donetsk, the capture of Sloviansk; Battalion "Aydar" and Battalion "Donbass" in Popasna, Lisichansk, Kurakhovo, Ilovaysk, Myrna Dolyna; Debal'tsevo and Mariupol after the bombing.
Together with the volunteer Battalion "Donbass", I was surrounded in Ilovaisk (Donetsk region) and managed to flee from the Ilovaisk trap with three more journalists.
I`m the co-organizer of the exhibition “Maydan: Human Factor”, the participant of the exhibitions "Ukraine 24. War&Peace" in Los Angeles, “Conflict Zone: Ukraine” in Chicago, “Donbas War and Peace” at the European Parliament in Brussels, "Donbas: War and peace" in Prague, group photo exhibition documenting 2014 Battle of Ilovaisk at the National Taras Shevchenko Museum in Kyiv.
Meanwhile, I run my own documentary projects about the autistic children and single dads
Here you can find my international publications: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/azv5ujwyz3zefoe/AADo5L0h-QuKKTsmoRhAPQg7a?dl=0
and my photostories, texts for LB.ua http://lb.ua/cabinet/378_maks_levin.html
