Oles Kromplias – activist, volunteer, documentarian, and photographer.

Was born on December 26, 1983, in the town of Myrhorod, Poltava region, Ukraine. Kyiv resident.
Since 2008 began to take photos. For the first years he was keen on portrait photography. He has made several covers for magazines. Street and social projects photographer since 2013.
2013-2014 As photographer and activist took part in the Dignity Revolution. Photos from the events of the Revolution were included in the collection of the best photos “Maidan. The revolution of the spirit”.
March 2014 As journalist was captured by Russia in Crimea and spent a week in Russian army captivity.
June 2014. Started shooting on the frontline of the Russian-Ukrainian war. His reports on the liberation of Mariupol, battles for Ilovaisk, from Donetsk Airport, Debaltsevo, Shchastya, Shirokino were published in various Ukrainian medias – Esquire Ukraine, Focus, Bird in Flight, Censor.net, Babel and others.
October 2016, he shot a project about the defenders of Avdiivka Industrial Zone “Promka”. The exhibition was shown in the largest cities of Ukraine, as well as in more than ten European countries (Britain, France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland). The photo book “Promka” was published by the publishing house “Lyuta sprava”.
In 2017, the Promka project won the nomination “Photographer of the Year” in the national photo competition.
In 2018-19, in Dnipro and Kyiv, he implemented the project “War is nearby” – a series of street sculptures-silhouettes, the purpose of which was to remind the inhabitants of the cities about the war.
February 2022 With the beginning of the invasion, for the first half of the year he took care of his parents, who were under occupation in Buch. Later, he shot close to the front as far as financial possibilities allowed. He was one of the photographers who were the first to shoot on the first day of the liberation of Kupyansk (Kharkyv region) and Kherson. Thanks to the cooperation with Reuters, these photos were published by all the largest media outlets in the world.
April 2023 won a grant from the foundation Ukrainian war Archive and performed the Nature Morte project about the consequences of the Russian occupation.
During 2018-22, he photographed for NGOs – the Red Cross of Ukraine, Chemonics, Handicap International, Doctor without Borders, “Come Back Alive”.
Overall, the author of about 15 photo projects on social topics.