Ushakov Vladislav Alexandrovich

Country of residence: Kyrgyz Republic

Main qualification: Photojournalism.
Graduated from the Kyrgyz State National University (faculty of journalism) in 2004. Experienced photographer and reporter. Since 1997, cooperation with various media.
He worked for the AKI-Press Information Agency, the newspapers "Evening Bishkek", "AiF Kyrgyzstan", "Respublika", was a staff photographer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, worked for the publications "Rossiyskaya Gazeta", "New Kyrgyzstan", "Rakurs" Magazine, "Zentr.kg", for the news agency "24.kg". Worked as a photographer at the Bishkek City Hall and the state enterprise "Kyrgyz Temir Zholu" and the Tourism Agency.
Author and coordinator of information sites: www.photo.kg, www.time.kg, www.gde.kg.

Interests: Photojournalism. Ecojournalism. Tourism.
Author and coordinator of social projects:

• Travelers Club gde.kg
• In the footsteps of the snow leopard” - www.ilbirs.info
• Kyrgyz photo archive - www.foto.kg


Positions (currently):
• Chairman of the Union of Photojournalists of the Kyrgyz Republic - from 2007 to the present.
• Current expert and field specialist of the Public Foundation “EcoMiR” (Ecological Monitoring and Investigation).

Skills:

Experience with professional digital technology. Studio photography (modeling, advertising, interior), technical photography (works of art, restoration objects, forensics), reportage photography (politics, culture, sports, leisure), knowledge and experience of working with analog and digital photographic equipment. Setting up studio lighting and lighting for location shooting (knowledge and experience of working with related equipment). Experienced user of www, neural networks.

Social activity:

One of the authors of the map of environmental violations (www.ecomap.kg) and the map of biodiversity (www.map.kg);
Expert motivator of the environmental social movement Ecostan (ecostan.kg); Eco-activist of the documentary project “Disappearing Kyrgyzstan”;
Eco-social initiative #MayorBishkekPotushi.

Social networks (personal pages)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.kg

https://vk.com/vushakov76

https://ok.ru/profile/120783257192

www.tiktok.com/@photo.kg

Publications: Author of a number of publications in central media (newspapers and magazines). Photo exhibitions (including international ones). Book publishing. Сollaborator with many foreign publications and agencies on an ongoing basis.

Contact details: [email protected]