Kristina Podobed is a photographer born in Odesa, Ukraine, in 1994, and currently based in Paris, France. She began her artistic journey in 2011. In her work, she explores the theme of the body and its authenticity, capturing sincere and unposed moments. Her approach combines intimacy and documentary style, creating vivid and sensual images.
Her work has been presented in exhibitions and projects in Europe and the United States, including Galerie Z22 in Berlin, Harkawik in New York, Space Collection in Liège, Foto Tallinn, Mystetskiy Arsenal in Kyiv, as well as in London, Paris, Warsaw, Lisbon, Toronto and Seattle. In 2018, she was shortlisted for JW Anderson’s Your Picture / Our Future, a photography project that resulted in both an exhibition in London and a book. In 2026, she was a finalist of PhotoVogue’s Women by Women and received the MPB Grant. She was also named one of British Journal of Photography’s Ones to Watch 2026.
In 2025, Kristina published her first photobook, Kristina 18, with Patrick Remy Studio. The book revisits the people and places that shaped her early life in Ukraine, reflecting on memory, personal experience and the passage of time.
