Galina Shichenko

My name is Galina Shichenko. Welcome to my page. I was born in Uzbekistan and am currently living in Qatar.

I grew up in a family of photographers. My earliest memory of it is standing in the bathroom as a child, watching my mother develop film in the dark. Red light, chemicals, an image slowly appearing on paper. I never planned to make photography my life. But it found me.

I’ve been shooting for over fifteen years, across many genres: conceptual, portrait, documentary, architecture. I graduated from the Tashkent House of Photography and have won international competitions. These days I work mostly with film, long exposure, double exposure, slow shutter. I’m drawn to processes where something unexpected can still happen.

Photography for me is a way of being curious about the world. People, light, cultures, angles I haven’t seen before. And at the same time it’s deeply personal, almost like a diary. Every image carries something of where I was and what I felt when I made it. But I never want it to stay only mine. I make it hoping that whoever looks at it finds something of their own there too.

Painting has been with me since childhood as well. My mother is an artist, and I studied it seriously. Then I stepped away for a long ti...

Tashkent State House of Photography, 2015-2016

Exhibitions:

Tashkent House of Photography, Tashkent, 2016

Bonum Factum Gallery, Tashkent, 2017

Tashkent House of Photography, Tashkent, 2019

139 Documentary Center, Tashkent, 2021 — “Castles” (Yangiabad series)

Tashkent House of Photography, Tashkent, 2026

Awards:

35AWARDS, Fictional Story, 2019

35AWARDS, Abstract Shot by Phone, 2020

Chromatic Photo Awards, 2022

Annual Photography Awards, Fine Art Conceptual, 2024

Chromatic Photography Awards, Professional Conceptual, 2024

Monochrome Photography Awards, Professional Conceptual, 2024

Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA), 2024

Chromatic Photography Awards, Fine Art Professional, 2025

Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) — 3 nominations, 2025