New East Digital Archive

Portraiture

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

How the playful portraiture of 100-year-old Valentina Rusu Ciobanu captured a century of Moldovan life

How the playful portraiture of 100-year-old Valentina Rusu Ciobanu captured a century of Moldovan life

Virtual reality exhibition celebrates experimental portraits of Moldova’s authors

Virtual reality exhibition celebrates experimental portraits of Moldova’s authors

Wedding dresses, bison, and naked paratroopers: the best Belarusian photographers to follow on Instagram

Wedding dresses, bison, and naked paratroopers: the best Belarusian photographers to follow on Instagram

'Be anyone! Be yourself!’: an Instagram project celebrating Ukraine’s diversity

‘Be anyone! Be yourself!’: an Instagram project celebrating Ukraine’s diversity

A Siberian photographer contemplates life in an isolated place

A Siberian photographer contemplates life in an isolated place

Evgenia Arbugaeva’s portrait of Greta Thunberg for Time’s Person of the Year is a celebration of courage

Evgenia Arbugaeva’s portrait of Greta Thunberg for Time’s Person of the Year is a celebration of courage

In bloom: see a generation blossom in Latvia’s magical wilderness

In bloom: see a generation blossom in Latvia’s magical wilderness

In rural Poland, a mother cuts her own path

In rural Poland, a mother cuts her own path

Young blood: a new generation of teenage talent is reinventing Tashkent

Young blood: a new generation of teenage talent is reinventing Tashkent

This is America: celebrating NYC’s diversity, one portrait at a time

This is America: celebrating NYC’s diversity, one portrait at a time

Brazen youth: an ode to St Petersburg’s exuberant spirit

Brazen youth: an ode to St Petersburg’s exuberant spirit

Kiev grunge: the photographer capturing timeless portraits of Ukrainian youth

Kiev grunge: the photographer capturing timeless portraits of Ukrainian youth

Life in focus: my camera helped me come to terms with my mental health

Life in focus: my camera helped me come to terms with my mental health

Andrzej Wróblewski: the artist who tackled Poland's post-war trauma in debut London solo show

Andrzej Wróblewski: the artist who tackled Poland’s post-war trauma in debut London solo show

Defiant bodies: meet the photographer behind these tender portraits of Tbilisi’s queer community

Defiant bodies: meet the photographer behind these tender portraits of Tbilisi’s queer community

Mysterious Stalin portrait has Moscow museum stumped

Mysterious Stalin portrait has Moscow museum stumped