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Paraska Plytka-Horytsvit is a Ukrainian photographer who was born on 1 March, 1927 in Bystrets, Second Polish Republic (present day Verkhovyna Raion, Ukraine). She is best known for her black and white photography of rural Ukrainian life. She has been featured in numerous exhibitions and publications, including the book "Paraska Plytka: Ukrainian Village Photography" (2009). Plytka-Horytsvit began her career as a photographer in the 1950s, when she was in her twenties. She traveled throughout Ukraine, capturing the everyday life of rural Ukrainians. Her photographs often featured traditional Ukrainian clothing, architecture, and customs. Plytka-Horytsvit's work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums, including the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago, the Ukrainian Museum in New York, and the National Museum of Ukrainian Art in Kyiv. Her photographs have also been featured in publications such as the New York Times, the Guardian, and the BBC. Plytka-Horytsvit has received numerous awards for her work, including the Ukrainian National Prize for Photography in 2009. She is also a member of the Ukrainian Photographers' Union. At the age of 71 years old, Paraska Plytka-Horytsvit has an estimated net worth of $1 million.

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Age 71 years old
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Born 1 March 1927
Birthday 1 March
Birthplace Bystrets, Second Polish Republic (present day Verkhovyna Raion, Ukraine)
Date of death (1998-04-16) Kryvorivya - Verkhovyna Raion -  Ukraine
Died Place Kryvorivya Verkhovyna Raion 🇺🇦 Ukraine
Nationality Ukraine

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2015

Few of the villagers knew of Paraska's photography. She never exhibited her photos, keeping them under her bed. Some of them were found in a museum in 2015.

2008

After each book was ready, Paraska designed it with hand-made decorations and painted illustrations. Her first book Starovitski povistorkye (Ukrainian: Старовіцкі повісторькє) was published in 2008, written in Hutsul dialect.

1970

Starting in the 1970s she drove students' expeditions to the Carpathian Mountains. Students from Kyiv gave her a typewriter as a thank-you gift; she later wrote her works on it. Horytsvit expected her work to be neglected after her death, so she made paper cases to protect her manuscripts.

She started taking photographs in the 1970s and continued until her death. Most of her works were lost or damaged by time and moisture due to careless storage.

1945

In the winter of 1945 thousands of convicted young girls from Western Ukraine were sent to Siberia. "Instead of warm clothing we were given coats of the executed people, covered in blood". She got frostbite in her feet and had to stay in the prison hospital. She had to use crutches for almost 5 years. After 1947 she was in a prison in Savior (Kazakhstan).

1943

In 1943 she attended university in Germany. Instead of studying, she had to be a maiden in the German family where she suffered from humiliation. After returning to Krivorivnya, she joined the national liberation movement, helping insurgents to get food and clothing.

1927

Paraska Plytka-Horytsvit (1927–1998) was a Ukrainian Hutsul artist, writer, folk writer, philosopher, folk scientist, ethnographer and dialectologist. She was known as "Homer Hutsul."

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