About
Was born in Lviv, Ukraine in 1987.
Currently lives in Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK
He works in the genre of documentary and art photography, is a curator, teacher
and judge of various international competitions, as well as a member of the
international street collective Little Box Collective, co-founder of the group
Ukrainian street photography.
Ambassador of Fujifilm – X photographer.
Author of two books: Sykhiv (Lviv, 2020) Two rooms (Lviv, 2021).
Since 2021, he has been working as a curator of photo projects at the Lviv Art Center.
Became the winner and finalist of the National Award Photographer of the Year (2016),
Leica Street photo (2019), Miami Street Photo Festival (2016,2017,2018),
Streets Sans Frontieres (2018), Documentary Family Awards (2017,2018,2019),
Life Framer (2022), reFocus Awards (2022), IPA (2022).
Published in The Guardian, LFI, Burn Magazine, National Geographic, Lens Culture, Fisheye Magazine, and other publications.
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Personal Photo Exhibitions:
"Towards the Light" - Lviv Historical Museum, Lviv, 2014
"In Search of Light" - Gallery of the Ukrainian House, Warsaw, 2018
"ScenoGRAF" - Scenography Gallery, Lviv, 2020
"Close" - Lviv Municipal Art Center, Lviv, 2022
"Two Rooms" - Dzyga Gallery, Lviv, 2022
"Closlely" - Small Gallery of the Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, 2022
"In Search of Light" - Bimbo Gallery, Kyiv, 2022
Exhibition Project "Shelter," Photo Exhibition "Rear" Lviv Art Center, Lviv, 2022
"Out of Time" - Trinity Art Centre, UK, 2022
"Out of Time" - Lviv Municipal Art Center, Ukraine, 2023
"Royal Tunbridge Wells" - The Amelia Scott, UK, 2024
Awards:
Winner of the Ukrainian National Photography Award "Photographer of the Year" in the "Street Photography" category (2016)
Winner of the Ukrainian National Photography Award "Photographer of the Year" in the "Still Life" category (2016)
Winner of the International Competition "Documentary Family Awards" (USA, 2018)
Winner of the International Competition "Life Framer" (USA, 2022)
Winner of the International Competition "reFocus Awards" (USA, 2022)
Winner of the International Competition "IPA - International Photography Awards" (USA, 2022)
Author of Photo Books :
"Sykhiv" (2020)
"Two Rooms" (2021)
Zines :
"ISO" (2020)
"Dreamland. Side of sea" (2023)
"Incognito" (2024)
"Glass veil" (2024)
Selected Group Exhibitions:
"Sensitivity. Contemporary Ukrainian Photography" - Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, 2021
"OntheEdgeFest" - Tallinn, 2022
"War Diaries" - 8th International Photo Festival in Suwon, Korea, 2022
"Flash. Ukrainian Photography Today" - Ukrainian House, Kyiv, 2022
"Ukraine. Under Another Sky" - Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, 2022
In total, a participant in over 50 group international exhibition projects.
Finalist:
Miami Street Photo Festival (USA, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Eastreet 4 - Photography of Eastern Europe (Poland, 2017)
Odessa / Batumi Photodays (Georgia, 2017)
Leica Street Photo (Poland, 2018)
Street Sans Frontières (France, 2018)
Life Framer (USA, 2022)
LensCulture Black & White Awards (USA, 2024)
Photos by Taras Bychko have been included in the books :
"100 Great Street Photographs" (Prestel, UK, 2017),
"Stuck in here" (France, 2022)
"Flash" (Ukraine, 2024)
His photos and projects have been published in LFI - Leica Fotography International, Burn Magazine, National Geographic, Lens Culture, 121 Clicks, Bird in Flight, The Village, Reporters, and others.
Since 2017, he has been a member of the National Society of Photo Artists of Ukraine (NSPAU).
Since 2018, he has been a Fujifilm ambassador in Ukraine (X-Photographer).
Since 2019, he has been a member of the international street photography collective "Little Box Collective"
He is one of the founders of the "Ukrainian Street Photography" ( *now Ukranian Documentary Photography group) (2017).
Jury Member for International Photo Contests:
"Documentary Family Awards - DFA" (2019)
"Istanbul Photography Festival - IPF" (2020)
"London Street Photography Festival - LSPF" (2021)
"Italian Street Photography Festival" (2022)
"Budapest Street Photography Festival" (2022)
"Moment Street Photo Awards" (2022)
The Wall – 8th Edition – International Photography Competition (2024)