Tatsiana Tkachova among nominees for World Press Photo’s Portraits

Tat­siana Tka­chova’s project «Between Right and Shame» reflects on the sto­ries of women who have con­sid­ered abor­tion for var­i­ous rea­sons.

Pho­to from the project «Between Right and Shame». Pho­to: Tat­siana Tka­cho­va.

Tat­siana Tka­cho­va is a doc­u­men­tary pho­tog­ra­ph­er, born in the Mahil­iou region. She is the win­ner of the Vil­nius Pho­to Cir­cle and «A Spot on the Map» con­tests. She took part in group exhi­bi­tions and pub­lished her works in Ime­na, Takiye Dela,  Bird in Flight, and The Guardian.  Cur­rent­ly, she is a pho­tog­ra­ph­er for the Belaru­sian-lan­guage news­pa­per Zvyaz­da.

Six pho­tos have been nom­i­nat­ed for the World Press Pho­to of the Year award. Their authors are Farouk Batiche (Alge­ria), Muluge­ta Ayene (Ethiopia), Yasuyoshi Chi­ba (Japan), Tomek Kac­zor (Poland), Ivor Prick­ett (Ire­land) and Niki­ta Teryoshin (Rus­sia).