Christopher Occhicone

Based in New Jersey and Kiev, I graduated from the Photojournalism program at the International Center of Photography in 2014 and participated in the Eddie Adams and Missouri workshops. I shoot for NY newspapers while working on projects in Ukraine including documenting the war in Donbas, the lives of mentally and physically handicapped children in state run orphanages, life in the national ballet academy, and an ongoing portrait series on Ukrainian youth. My work has been featured in the NY Times, Time Magazine's Lightbox, The Washington Post's In Sight Column, ABC News, Al-Jazeera, National Geographic's Proof Blog, Burn Magazine, and featured in the HBO film, Jim: The James Foley Story. My project Fringe was a finalist in the LensCulture Magazine Visual Story Telling Awards, screened at the Visa Pour L'image photojournalism festival, and featured in the 2015 alumni show at the International Center of Photography, which I co-curated. I graduated from Fordham University with a degree i