Olga Kovalevska

My name is Olga Kovalevska. I am a music journalist, photographer and producer from Ukraine, founder of the music agency "Urban Lys". Photography is a very important part of my journalistic and promoting work. As a reporter and a music manager I have often been capturing concerts and portraits of musicians I wrote about. My photos were published in such media: Der Tagesspiegel, Märkische Allgemeine, Culture.pl, The Claquers, Counterpoint magazine, Old Fashioned Radio and others.
In my music agency Urban Lys I worked with many amazing photographers, whom I admired and learned from. They encouraged me to continue developing my photo skills. This is how photography grew in a special direction of my agency's work - "Urban Lys Photos" (#ulphotos) and in my professional passion. For me photography is a way of portraying music inspiration, the atmosphere of a concert. In this activity I can be free in co-creating with artists.
But not only music inspires me. I also enjoy urban culture and city photography, strict geometry of modern buildings and a charming flavour of folk architecture, local specific of different regions and people. I think, there are no borders or measures in discovering and expressing the poetry of living and loving the world.
In 2023 I won a 3rd place in the #WelterbeVerverbindt photo competition from The German Commission for UNESCO and the Association of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Germany for the photo "Childhood in Potsdam".