Oksana Parafeniuk is an independent photographer currently based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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View fullsize Wanted to share the photos I took for @nbcnews for the story about the looming environmental disaster in Ukraine's war-torn Donbas region. We went to Toretsk with @nika_melkozerova to report on the potential consequences of mine closing in the region
View fullsize Not sure where that pink color on the photo came from, but it’s not Photoshop:) Sweet memories about snorkeling with @marichka_varenikova #snorkeling #dahab #egypt #redsea
View fullsize Olha, 76, pickles the cabbage in her summer kitchen in the village of Borshchiv, Zhytomyr region, Ukraine. I met this warm lady while working on a story about borshch origins for the @nytimes. Link in bio. #borshch #ukraine #cabbage #pickles #village
View fullsize Borshch saga continues. With @marichka_varenikova we embarked on a trip to the village of Borshchiv in the beautiful area of Zhytomyr region and found incredibly warm woman Olha who cooked terrific borshch. The link to the NYTimes story is in bio. Ch
View fullsize Olha Habro from the village called Borshchiv cooks a big pot of very tasty borshch (tried it later). She uses the recipe of her mother and grandmother and always adds beans. All the vegetables grew in her garden. On assignment for @nytimes for the st
View fullsize Photo from the project « Dreams in the Time of Coronavirus ». Veronika, Kyiv, Ukraine: « Since the beginning of quarantine and the travel ban, I started to dream often that I was in a rush to go somewhere. I was alway
View fullsize Photo from the project about pandemic dreams - I collected dreams of friends and created photo series to go along. This one is from Olena, 30, Vyshgorod, Kyiv region, Ukraine: «I dreamed about my ex boyfriend, whom I have not seen since the sta
View fullsize My sister @a.parafeniuk came back from Tanzania on March 16, last day when the flights were still operating. She was supposed to fly one week later, but unfortunately missed her last week of travels in Tanzania. She has visited 7 countries since the
 

Current location: Kyiv, Ukraine