SELECTED PRESS

AnOther Magazine 
Womanhood, as Seen by 12 Inspiring Female Photographers
This Zine Celebrates the Female Body in Its ‘Raw and Authentic’ Form
Girls by Girls: Portrayals of Womanhood by Women Photographers
A Series of Intimate Nude Polaroids Taken During Lockdown

i-D Magazine
Kristina Shakht’s ancient statue-inspired portraits
The photographer finding parallels between NY and Russia during lockdown


Dazed Magazine
A photographer brings the mythical Slavic water spirit to the modern age

Office Magazine
DESTINY by Kristina Shakht
Beware Witches: A Series by Kristina Shakht
Intimacy of Loneliness

Elephant Magazine
Kristina Shakht’s Self-Portrait of a Dream Girl


EDITORIAL WORK

AnOther Magazine
Photo Essay: New Yorkers Protest Against War in Ukraine

i-D Magazine
The protestors fighting for abortion rights in New York City

Dazed Magazine
Photos that capture the offbeat style of Drain Gang fans

Office Magazine
Elena Velez’s BANDLAND (YR007)
Behind the Curtains of Tales & Tellers: Miu Miu’s Dreamworld in Chelsea (photography and text by Kristina Shakht)
Dior’s House of Craft (text and photography by Kristina Shakht)
Elena Velez Fall/Winter 2025

Cero Magazine
Natural Beauty

Elle Magazine
March 2022 Issue, Planet Her

Puss Puss Magazine
Process of healing
America, the Beautiful (creative direction by Kristina Shakht)
Black and White Town


PUBLICATIONS 

PIX 034:Charles Caesar, Spotz, 2025

PIX 040: Emmie America, Spotz, 2025

Little, Holon Media, 2023

To Be or To Become, self-published, 2021


EXHIBITIONS & COLLECTIONS

Group Exhibitions
‘The Unseen’, Hunger Magazine & Rankin Creative, London, 2022

‘Love letter to Earth’, BKC & ASMP NY, NYC, 2021

‘The Kiss: Maddy and Jah’, The Flag Project, Rockefeller Center & Aperture Foundation at Rockefeller Center, NYC, 2021

Public Collections
The Museum of Avant-Garde, Switzerland
– Works acquired 2023, 2025 

AWARDS & PROGRAMS

Finalist, Antanas Sutkus MA-G Awards (2025)

Finalist, Nobuyoshi Araki MA-G Awards (2023)

DoBeDo Photography Mentorship Programme (2024)

30 under 30 Women Photographers by ARTPIL


EDUCATION

BFA Linguistics, Saint Petersburg State University of Finance and Economics, Russia