Anastasia Taylor-Lind

Documentary photographer

Anastasia Taylor-Lind is a documentary photographer who works around the world on issues relating to women, birth rights, depopulation and post-conflict regions.

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Anastasia Taylor-Lind is an independent documentary photographer based in London. The TED Fellow has photographed hidden groups from hard to reach places, such as female PKK guerilla fighters, Gaza zookeepers and Siberian supermodels. Taylor-Lind's work has been shown in spaces like the Saatchi Gallery and London's National Portrait Gallery. Her first book, Maidan -- Portraits from the Black Square, was released in 2014.

Anastasia Taylor-Lind’s TED Talk

Anastasia Taylor-Lind
Fighters and mourners of the Ukrainian revolution
5 minutes 56 seconds
“Men fight wars, and women mourn them,” says documentary photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind. With stark, arresting images from the Maidan protests in Ukraine, the TED Fellow shows us intimate faces from the revolution. A grim and beautiful talk.
Posted Dec 2014

Anastasia Taylor-Lind

Why you should listen

Anastasia Taylor-Lind’s TED Talk

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