Documentary photographer based in Berlin, Mila Teshaieva has worked as an economist before turning her professional pass into documentary photography. Since that time her work took her around the world, resulting in the bodies of work as: the War aftermath in Georgia, HIV/AIDS in Ukraine, Asylum seekers in Germany, Aftermath of Indian Tsunami. In her personal work Mila is focusing on the combination of fragility and a power of an individual submerged in the changing societies. She has dedicated the past years to work extensively in the ex-Soviet republics.
Mila's work has been commisioned and published by: Die Zeit, Alternatives Internationales, Outlook Magazine China, Time LightBox, New Times, Vokrug Sveta, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Zoi Environmental Network, Forbs Ukraine, Marie Claire Ukraine, many others.
She worked with NGOs and organizations as: Unicef, Swiss Development and Cooperation, IOM, International AIDS/HIV Alliance, SOS Children Village.
Mila is represented by Laif Agentur, Cologne.
Awards/Grants
2013 NPPA Best of Photojournalism -2nd place Portrait series
2013 PDN Photo Annual Winner
2013 VG BildKunst Project Grant
2012 Critical Mass Book Award
2012 Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50
2011 European Culture Foundation Step Beyond Grant
2011 Magnum Emergency Fund - nomination
2011 PX3 silver award Winner Feature story Pro
2011 Encontros da Imagem Int Photography award - shortlisted finalist
2011 Document on War award - finalist
2010 NPPA Best of Photojounalism 1st place Still photography Feature story
2010 Scoop International Journalism Award - Honorable mention
2010 Vilnus Photography Award - Shortlisted finalist
2009 Visas de L'Association Nationale des Iconographes seleceted laureate, France
2009 Humanistic Photography award, PHODAR Biennial
2007 Eddie Adams workshop - AP award
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Behind facade at French Cultural Institute Baku
2011 Kahriz revival at French Cultural Institute Baku
2009 Buffer Zone at Gallery Bar Floreal, Visa/ANI laureates exhibition, Paris
2009 Buffer zone at PHODAR photography biennial (Bulgaria)
2007 Uzbekistan at Gallery RA, Month of photography Kiev
2005 Bay of Bengal at Gallery Mystets, Month of Photography Kiev
Group Exhibitions
2012 Darmstadter Tage der Fotografie, Germany
2011 Heidelberg Print Media Academy, Germany
2011 Encontros da Imagem International Photography Festival, PT
2011 FOTO8 Summershow, Host Gallery, London
2010 Vilnius International Photo Festival
2010 Give poor the voice - Stiftung Klosterneuburg, AU
2009 Black and White, Gallery "Mykola", UA
Slideshows
2012 Women in Multimedia curated show at Spazio Labo, Italy
2012 Bursa International Photofestival
2011 Bursa International Photofestival
2011 Slideluck Potshow Berlin
Bibliography
"Promising waters" Art book, 240x220, 120 pages, hardcover, english. 2013 Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg Berlin.
"Insight. Ukrainian Black and White Photography XXI century". Art book, 189x250mm,144 pages, hard cover. 2007
