SELECTED EDITORIAL WORK, PRESS, EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS & MORE
Select Press & Editorial Work
SLEEK MAGAZINE
Kristina Shakht’s Latest Project Is a Meditation on the Female Body
TEETH MAGAZINE
Cyberia
Refractions
Ultimate Catharsis: A therapeutic photo zine by Kristina Shakht
i-D MAGAZINE
The protestors fighting for abortion rights in New York City
This new Petra Collins inspired zine celebrates non-sexual nudity
Body series (photo essay)
New York Lockdown series (editorial + interview)
DAZED MAGAZINE
Photos that capture the offbeat style of Drain Gang fans
PUSS PUSS MAGAZINE
Process of healing
America, the Beautiful (creative direction by Kristina Shakht)
Black and White Town (photo essay)
Love series (photo essay)
ANOTHER MAGAZINE
Girls by Girls: Portrayls of Womanhood by Women Photographers
This Zine Celebrates the Female Body in Its ‘Raw and Authentic’ Form
Womanhood, as Seen by 12 Inspiring Female Photographers
Emmi & the Orchids (photo essay)
OFFICE MAGAZINE
Beware Witches: A Series by Kristina Shakht
Intimacy of Loneliness (personal project)
LAMPOON MAGAZINE
Kristina Shakht’s polaroids: tenderness and intimacy in the post-sexualizing aesthetic
WWD MAGAZINE
Beauty Inc., October 2022 Issue (editorial)
WRPD MAGAZINE
‘Tentacles’ Issue #10 2022, Amiture interview (editorial)
Layers (photo essay)
ELLE MAGAZINE
March 2022 Issue, Planet Her (editorial)
Jane by The Grey Attic
Brave Hearts / Issue 10, October 2021 (portraits + interview)
HUNGER MAGAZINE
Kristina Shakht’s tender portraits of the female body
WÜL MAGAZINE
Maybe I must hold my own hand feat. Bren Cukier
SHE (photo essay + interview)
Bewitched (photo essay + interview)
The NEW YORK TIMES
The awkwardness of starting a new job
Zines & Books
To Be or To Become, USA, self-published, 2021 (read about it on i-D, AnOther, Teeth, Hunger, Calvert, KALTBLUT, Konbini Arts, Feminist.co, Buro247.ua, Dry Clean Only Magazine)
Awards & Honors
2024, DoBeDo Photography Mentorship Programme
2023, Finalist - 2023 Nobuyoshi Araki MA-G Awards
2022, 30 under 30 Women Photographers by ARTPIL
Public Collections
Ana, (9 piece photo series, Epson Premium Semimatte, Scanned Polaroid), 2022, The Museum of Avant-garde, Switzerland
Beware witches, (4 piece photo series, Inkjet print from scanned Polaroid on Epson Premium Luster), 2021, The Museum of Avant-garde, Switzerland
Kayaira, (Diptych, Inkjet print from scanned Polaroid on Epson Premium Luster), 2021, The Museum of Avant-garde, Switzerland
Process of healing, (10 piece photo series), 2023, The Museum of Avant-garde, Switzerland
Sam W, (Canson Rag Photographique 310g, Original Photography), 2023, The Museum of Avant-garde, Switzerland
Group Exhibitions
2022, June: ‘The Unseen’ curated by Hunger Magazine & Rankin Creative, London, UK
2021, November: ‘Love letter to Earth’ cureated by BKC & ASMP NY, New York City, USA
2021, March 27 - April 30: ‘The Kiss: Maddy and Jah’ at The Flag Project by Rockefeller Center and Aperture Foundation at Rockefeller Center, New York
City, USA