Country: Ukraine 🇺🇦
Roman Pilipey is a Ukrainian photojournalist. The first main event he witnessed as a photographer was the Euromaidan revolution in Kyiv, 2013-2014.
From 2014 he was covering the war in eastern Ukraine, and in the same year became the staff photographer for European Pressphoto Agency (epa). For the next few years, Roman's focus was mainly on the eastern Ukraine conflict and its aftermath, while also working in other parts of Ukraine.
In 2017 Roman relocated to Beijing for epa where he worked on stories and covered major news events in China, becoming in 2022 the epa bureau chief for the China region. Throughout his years in China, he has been traveling to almost every corner of the country. Some of the main coverage stories include the situations in Xinjiang and Tibet, as well in 2019 he has been covering the protest movement in Hong Kong, and in 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan, the ground zero of the coronavirus. For his work in China he was awarded Photographer of the Year, POY Asia 2022.
When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Roman just finished covering the Beijing Olympic Games. He immediately left China and went to his native country to cover the war. Since then he relocated back to Ukraine, where he works on stories of the ongoing war. In early 2023, after eight years in EPA Roman left the agency. He actively collaborated with Getty Images as a freelance photographer and nowadays works as a chief photographer for Agence France-Presse.
He is based in Kyiv, Ukraine.
From 2014 he was covering the war in eastern Ukraine, and in the same year became the staff photographer for European Pressphoto Agency (epa). For the next few years, Roman's focus was mainly on the eastern Ukraine conflict and its aftermath, while also working in other parts of Ukraine.
In 2017 Roman relocated to Beijing for epa where he worked on stories and covered major news events in China, becoming in 2022 the epa bureau chief for the China region. Throughout his years in China, he has been traveling to almost every corner of the country. Some of the main coverage stories include the situations in Xinjiang and Tibet, as well in 2019 he has been covering the protest movement in Hong Kong, and in 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan, the ground zero of the coronavirus. For his work in China he was awarded Photographer of the Year, POY Asia 2022.
When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Roman just finished covering the Beijing Olympic Games. He immediately left China and went to his native country to cover the war. Since then he relocated back to Ukraine, where he works on stories of the ongoing war. In early 2023, after eight years in EPA Roman left the agency. He actively collaborated with Getty Images as a freelance photographer and nowadays works as a chief photographer for Agence France-Presse.
He is based in Kyiv, Ukraine.