Maksym Mazur (Photographer)

Early Life[edit]

Maksym Mazur was born in 1989 in a small village of Vynohradar, Odessa region, in southern Ukraine. To parents Valentina and Volodymyr. Soon after, he moved to Odessa city, where he went to the local kindergarten.

Education[edit]

At the age of 6 he went to the local school number 15 till the age of 10 and then in 1999 moved to the United Kingdom where first he studied English and then went to St Bede's school in Eastbourne.

After finishing the school there he moved to Brighton city where he attended Brighton collage. There he was on the school swimming team and achieved second place in the national championships.

After graduating from school he got admitted to the University of Sussex where he studied Politics and Business Management for 4 years. He was also a student union representative and a member of the library comity. He finished the University with honors.

Work[edit]

After graduation, he opened a restaurant on Brighton seafront called Azure, where he operated for the next 6 years. After that period, he made a decision to sell the restaurant and move back to Odessa, Ukraine.

Currently[edit]

In Odessa, he decided to pursue his passion in photography and videography, and this is what he is doing to this day.

Sports[edit]

Maksym since the age of 6 started training if wrestling. Later at the age of 12 his interest shifted to BJJ and MMA. To this day he regularly practices mixed martial arts.

7500[edit]

7500 is a project where Maksym combined 7500 images of the atrocities that Russian invasion of Ukraine caused

Photography[edit]

Better known as @withmazur. He is known for landscape and urban photography. Photography is his true love and passion and he try's to use his photos to tell a story. Maksym strongly believes that you should never stop growing.

His work has been published in many publications and press. His work also has been shown at Gmunden Photo 2022 festival. Maksym is also the official ambasador for Ukraine.ua. He is currently documenting the Russian invasion of Ukraine and is currently working on a new book and plans to continue adding titles to his collection. His archives are reflective of the range of subjects he has photographed over the years.

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