Maxim Dondyuk (Ukraine, 1983) is a documentary photographer. Since 2010 he is a freelancer, works on creating and promoting his own documentary projects. He is interested in stories about which he knows very little or even nothing. Maxim likes to investigate the topic while photographing. He prefers to be a direct participant in the events and uses personal experience and emotions to emphasize the core meaning of them.

Maxim is the recipient of numerous grants and awards: Finalist of the Prix Pictet Photography Prize, International Photographer of the Year in Lucie Awards, Winner of the Prix Photo La Quatrieme Image, Winner of the Ville de Perpignan Remi Ochlik Award, Magnum Photos competition ‘30 under 30’ for emerging documentary photographers, etc.

His photos were exhibited in solo and group exhibitions around the world: Musée d’Art Moderne (Paris), Somerset House (London), MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts (Rome), LUMA Westbau – Löwenbräukunst (Zurich), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum (Geneva), CAB Art Center (Brussels), Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II (Kyiv), Visa pour l’Image (Perpignan), European Solidarity Centre (Gdansk), Benaki Museum (Athens), etc.

He was published in Rolling Stone, TIME, Newsweek, Der Spiegel, STERN, Paris Match, Le Monde, PDN, Bloomberg Businessweek, Polka, etc.