Contact
For all enquiries please contact:contact@sitaraambrosio.com
+49 179 5371700
Based between Kyiv in Ukraine and Hanover, Germany.
Currently in Germany
Soon back in Ukraine
For archive enquiries, please contact my agency LAIF.
Sitara Thalia Ambrosio is a German photojournalist and visual storyteller.
Sitara Ambrosio (born as Celina Weißmann, in Fürth 2002*) reports and publishes internationally. Ambrosio grew up in a working-class family with Slovenian roots. She did not attend university, but developed her own visual language through her practical work. Her reporting focuses primarily on aspects of conflicts that are underrepresented in the media. She usually works on gender issues, migration and human rights violations - in Germany, the Balkans, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.Ambrosio frequently integrates her work into voluntary educational programs, such as lectures and workshops at schools and youth centers. In addition to her journalistic work, she lyrically processes her experiences.
Her work is regularly exhibited and has repeatedly been awarded. In 2022, together with a team, she received the Grimme Online Award for the multimedia reportage "Kandvala". In 2023, she was awarded the Residence Prize of the Portraits - Hellerau Photography Award for "Fragile as Glass". Her photo book of the same name was published by Verlag Kettler in April 2024. The book was created in collaboration with Ukrainian journalist Yana Radchenko. Both have received the Europe-Ukraine Desk of N-Ost Border Crossing Journalism Grant for further research.
Ambrosio is represented by the agency Laif and a member of the Female Photo Club.
Exhibitions
2024 - Solo exhibition » Climate Crisis and War: Residence Award Winner Exhibition in Hellerau - European Center for the Arts, Dresden «2024 - Solo exhibition » Fragile as Glass: Cultural Centre Faust - Hannover «
2024 - Group exhibition » Wut, Macht, Lust: Female Photoclub Hannover - Galerie für Fotografie GAF «
2024 - Group exhibition » Men and Love in times of Conflict and Polarisation - The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom «
2024 - Solo exhibition » Fragile as Glass: Queeres Wohnzimmer - Stadtbibliothek Hannover «
2024 - Group exhibition » Keep Your Eyes Peeled IX - AFF Galerie, Berlin «
2024 - Group exhibition » LensCulture: New Discoveries in Contemporary Photography - Caelum Gallery, New York «
2023 - » Fragile as Glass: LGBTIQ+ people in the Russian invasion against Ukraine - Helsinki Photo Festival «
2023 - Solo exhibition » Fragile as Glass: Residence Award Winner Exhibition in Hellerau - European Center for the Arts, Dresden «
2023 - Group exhibition » Fragile as Glass: LGBTQ+ people in the Russian invasion against Ukraine - Portraits Hellerau Photography Award «
2022 - Group exhibition » Fragile as Glass - Everyday Scenes from a Country at War - SNNTG Festival «
2022 - Group exhibition » Fragile as Glass - Everyday Scenes from a Country at War - Folkn Fusion Festival «
2020 - Group exhibition » Changing Planet - Internationales Jugendfotofestival «
Prizes and Awards
2024 - Participation in the Hamburg Portfolio Review 2024 with » Fragile as Glass « and » Climate Crisis & War: When Water Becomes a Weapon. «2024 - Finalist for the Cortona On The Move Award with » Fragile as Glass «
2024 - Shortlisted for the » Fotobus Library Award « from the Photobus Society with » Fragile as Glass (Book) «
2024 - Participation in the 2024 FotoEvidence Book Award with » Fragile as Glass «
2024 - Shortlisted of the World Water Day Photo Contest under the category "Storytelling" with » Climate Crisis and War «
2023 - Winner of LensCulture Emerging Talent Award with » Fragile as Glass «
2023 - Shortlisted for the IWPA Award with » Fragile as Glass «
2023 - Residence price by Portraits Hellerau Photography Award for » Fragile as Glass «
2022 - Winner of the Grimme Online Award for the Multimedia » Kandvala «
2022 - Shortlisted for the IWPA Award with
» The people behind the border «
2021 - First Prize Deutscher Multimediapreis
for » Kandvala «
Funding and Scholarships
The Global Health Security Call from the European Journalism Centre. (EJC)The Europe Ukraine Desk of N -Ost Border crossing journalism.
Other
Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)Jury member of the » Deutscher Multimediapreis mb21 «
Author of the book » Fragile as Glass « published by Verlag Kettler.