Biographies
Journalist // Belarus
ANTON TRAFIMOVICH
Anton Trafimovich is a journalist from Belarus. Born in East Germany in 1987, he was raised
in the town of Slonim in western Belarus where his family moved in 1991. He graduated
from the Institute of Journalism at the Belarusian State University and also spent one year
in the United States completing a graduate program in Mass Communication at the Kansas
State University. He has worked for several local, national and foreign media outlets. From
2009 to 2014 he worked as a reporter at Argumenty i Fakty v Belarusi, the third most
popular newspaper in Belarus. Presently, he is working as a freelance journalist, focusing
on reports and stories pertaining to society and culture.
VADIM ZAMIROVSKI
Photographer // Belarus
Vadim Zamirovski has been a photographer for the most popular Belarusian news-website
TUT.BY since 2013. He used to work for such national newspapers as Belgazeta and Znamya
Yunosti, as well as the news-agency Photo ITAR-TASS. He also supervises the photo contest
“Belarus Press Photo”. Vadim was born in 1992 in the Northern Caucasus, then moved to
Yakutia (Eastern Russia). His family ended up in Minsk in 1991. His life motto: Go ahead
anytime. Cooking, travelling and biking are among his interests. He also loves to spend time
working at his country-house.
Writer // Australia
DANIEL JOSEPH PYE
Photographer // Germany
MICHAEL MARZHAN
Daniel has a deep passion for anything creative, travel-related and off the beaten track.
He is fascinated by history, nature, new cultures, new languages, and facing the reality
of the situation of all places he visits and immerses himself in. He is fond of meeting new
people and spending time to learn the ways of life from the locals. Daniel began writing
at a young age and has often reverted to this medium as a form of expression and
imagination. Presently, Daniel is meticulously working on compiling and finalising selected
tracks for an acoustic/alternative rock music album. While previous writing has primarily
been associated