Yanina Manolova
2009 Student Winner
2nd place
Yanina Manolova is a graduate student at Ohio University in the School of Visual Communications. She will get her Master of Arts in photography in March 2010. She is a native of Varna, Bulgaria, but has lived in Washington, D.C., for since 2000. She graduated with a degree in fine arts in education from Sofia University in Bulgaria. She attended Eddie Adams Workshop in 2008.
She has done work for the World Health Organization, National Geographic (Bulgaria), US Oncology News Magazine, United Nations Population Fund, The Fistula Foundation, CITY Magazine, and Women Photojournalists of Washingon.
Some of her awards are:
- 2008 PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris: Documentary Series Book Proposal - 2nd Place
- 2008 Southern Short Course: Feature Picture Story - Honorable Mention
- 2008 Northern Short Course: International Picture Story - 3rd Place