Magda Rakita is a documentary photographer and a nonfiction storyteller based in Cambridge, UK. She works with the media and NGO’s worldwide; her personal projects focus on health and social issues that affect women, children, and the older generation. In 2013, Magda successfully completed MA course in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication, graduating with a distinction. In 2017 her work was included in the book “Firecrackers – Female Photographers Now.” In her practice, she also employs multimedia, participatory projects and writing.
Email: magdarakita@yahoo.co.uk
UK mobile: +44 7775 80 40 65
Twitter: @magdarakita
Instagram: magdarakita
Awards:
- 2018 - WOFFF - "The Past Is Another Country" - Commended - Best Documentary (www.wofff.co.uk)
- 2017 - Women Photograph and Pulitzer Grant - Finalist
- 2015 - BAAG/Media for Development Afghanistan Journalism competition - Winner (www.baag.org.uk)
- 2015 - Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards - Finalist (www.klphotoawards.com)
- 2015 - IdeasTap Photographic Award with Magnum Photos - Runner-up (www.ideastap.com)
- 2014 - International Photography Awards - 2nd place student self-published documentary book (www.photoawards.com)
- 2014 - Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards - 2nd Place, themed category (www.klphotoawards.com)
- 2014 - CDC Documentary Essay Prize -Shortlisted (www.cdsporch.org)
- 2014 - PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Award 2013 - Finalist, student category (www.photophilanthropy.org)
- 2013 - Ian Parry Scholarship - Highly Commended (www.ianparry.org)
Exhibitions and shows:
- 2019 - &Proud Festival, Yangoon, Myanmar.(www.andproud.net)
- 2018 - WOFF, Brighton, UK. (www.wofff.co.uk)
- 2016 - "My liver is bleeding" Dublin.
- 2016 - "My liver is bleeding" London.
- 2015 - Angkor Photo Festival, projection. (www.angkor-photo.com)
- 2015 - Warsaw Photo Days, multimedia screening. (www.warsawphotodays.com)
- 2015 - Portrait Salon, London
- 2015 - Minsk Photo Month, multimedia screening. (www.mfm.by)
- 2015 - "Space girls, space women", Paris (www.spacewomen.org)
- 2015 - KLPA, Kuala Lumpur (www.klphotoawards.com)
- 2014 - 8x8 Festival, Dublin (www.stand.ie/8x8)
- 2014 - KLPA 2014, Kuala Lumpur (www.klphotoawards.com)
- 2014 - The Female Gaze exhibition in Leeds, UK (www.thefemale-gaze.tumblr.com)
- 2013 - graduation exhibition at London College of Communication - 31º (www.31degrees.net)
- 2013 - Ian Parry Scholarship Awards group exhibition (www.ianparry.org)
- 2012 - Postcards from the Gringo Trail at National Geographic Store London (www.nglondonstore.co.uk)