New East Digital Archive

Portrait Photography

Daring photos show womanhood and forbidden love in contemporary Uzbekistan

Daring photos show womanhood and forbidden love in contemporary Uzbekistan

The Eastern European projects shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards

The Eastern European projects shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards

Ukraine’s 2020 Bird in Flight Photo Prize winner is announced

Ukraine’s 2020 Bird in Flight Photo Prize winner is announced

See tender and hedonistic portraits of youth from the Czech Republic and the US

See tender and hedonistic portraits of youth from the Czech Republic and the US

One photographer’s homage to Crimea and the women who inspire her

One photographer’s homage to Crimea and the women who inspire her

 Who are Russia’s Generation Z? The lives of Moscow’s youngest tribe — in pictures

Who are Russia’s Generation Z? The lives of Moscow’s youngest tribe — in pictures

These portraits demonstrate the true diversity of Russian society, and the challenges still faced by minorities

These portraits demonstrate the true diversity of Russian society, and the challenges still faced by minorities

Queer Moscow: dispatches from the front lines of Russia’s LGBTQ creative revolution

Queer Moscow: dispatches from the front lines of Russia’s LGBTQ creative revolution

These LGBTQ Instagram accounts show that queer life in Russia is vibrant, loving, and defiant

These LGBTQ Instagram accounts show that queer life in Russia is vibrant, loving, and defiant

Queer St Petersburg: dispatches from the front lines of Russia’s LGBTQ creative revolution

Queer St Petersburg: dispatches from the front lines of Russia’s LGBTQ creative revolution

One photographer gives herself permission to remember lost love

One photographer gives herself permission to remember lost love

One photographer gets up close and personal with Russia’s youth

One photographer gets up close and personal with Russia’s youth

See Frida Kahlo as never before in these tender photographs taken by her Hungarian lover

See Frida Kahlo as never before in these tender photographs taken by her Hungarian lover

Chechnya’s wildlife has been ravaged by war. This man is helping it to heal

Chechnya’s wildlife has been ravaged by war. This man is helping it to heal

8 Russian queer couples reveal what makes their relationship work

8 Russian queer couples reveal what makes their relationship work

Salut Armen: celebrating the radical sincerity of Kiev’s visionary photographer

Salut Armen: celebrating the radical sincerity of Kiev’s visionary photographer

Kola: explore the Russian Arctic with photographer Céline Clanet

Kola: explore the Russian Arctic with photographer Céline Clanet

Faces of the World Cup: these are the people who made Russia’s epic summer

Faces of the World Cup: these are the people who made Russia’s epic summer