Mykolas Juodelė

I am a photojournalist and documentary photographer from Vilnius, Lithuania. My background consists of a curious blend of professional figure skating, film and Persian language studies, and almost a decade of life on the road journeying everywhere from Nouakchott to Jakarta and from Helsinki to Khartoum. I am an alumnus of FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) and London Middlesex University, a member of the Lithuanian Photographers' Association, Lithuanian Journalists' Union and a recent graduate of VII academy masterclass “Photojournalism and Documentary Photography with Maciek Nabrdalik and Mary Gelman”. In 2021 I joined Redux Pictures as a contributing photographer.

My work has been published by The Guardian, Le Monde, Stern Magazine, Libération, Le Figaro, De Standaard, La Vie, NRC Handelsblad, Lonely Planet, The Calvert Journal, NARA, Chai Khana, The Sun Magazine, Royal Photographic Society Journal and others. I am currently based in Vilnius and besides taking photo assignments I also work on personal photography projects.

London Middlesex University, FAMU

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

Zaman – Shanidar Art Gallery. Erbil, Iraq, 2014;
Zaman – Vista Gallery. Tehran, Iran, 2014;
Zaman – Milad Tower Gallery. Tehran, Iran, 2014;
Zaman – Cafe Ax. Tehran, Iran, 2014;
Destination India, Destination Unknown – Studium P. Vilnius, Lithuania, 2016;
“Passengers” – Vilnius Academy Of Art „Krematoriumas / Meno krosnys“. Vilnius, Lithuania, 2017;
A Country Unsolved – Saye gallery. Tehran, Iran, 2018;
A Country Unsolved – Vilnius photography gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania, 2019;
Tasawwuf – Vytautas Didysis University Art Faculty. Kaunas, Lithuania, 2019;
The Street Kids – Rome, Italy, 2020.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Gulf Photo Plus Exhibition – Dubai, UAE, 2014;
Focus photography festival – Mumbai, India, 2015;
The After Nyne gallery – Londona, UK, 2017;
Kolga Tbilisi photo festival – Tbilisi, Georgia, 2019;
Final exhibition of Magic Carpets Landed residency program –Kaunas Picture Gallery. Kaunas, Lithuania, 2021.