Vlad Sokhin works regularly as a photography, video and communications consultant with United Nations agencies and international NGOs in developing countries and post-conflict zones. He has covered natural disasters, environmental, health-related and human rights issues, including: violence against women and children, LGBTI rights, illegal logging, climate change, youth unemployment, malaria treatment, HIV/AIDS, TB epidemics, road safety, water and sanitation, housing rights and forced evictions, police brutality, sorcery-related violence, child labour, Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Northern Cameroon, civil war in Central African Republic, Northern Mali conflict, among others.
Vlad has produced many fundraising, campaign and country program videos for UNICEF, UNAIDS, UN Women, OHCHR, ChildFund, Amnesty International, the Fred Hollows Foundation and others.
Vlad has been a guest speaker and a lecturer at many institutions including Australian Parliament House (Canberra), Australian National University (Canberra), Social Good Summit (Sydney, Australia), Chiang Mai University (Thailand), Amnesty International (New Zealand), School of Visual Arts (Russia), IADE Creative University (Portugal), American University of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan), among others.
Vlad gives lectures on photography and human rights and teaches photo and video workshops for photography students and UN/NGO clients.
Space For Giants, Gabon, 2022
Space For Giants, Gabon, 2022
UNICEF CHAD, Health and Malnutrition
UNICEF MALI, Malnutrition
UNICEF Central African Republic, Education
UNICEF Mali, Education
UNICEF CHAD, Girls Education, Child Protection
UNICEF CHAD, Girls Education, Child Protection
UNICEF NIGERIA, Water and Sanitation (WASH)
UNICEF CHAD, Education, Innovations
UNICEF, Outreach immunization in Papua New Guinea
UNICEF, Outreach immunization in Papua New Guinea
UNICEF, HIV/AIDS epidemic
UNICEF, Emergency Responce, Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu.
UNICEF, Emergency Responce, Cyclone Pam in Tuvalu.
UNICEF, Emergency Responce, Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu.
UNICEF, Emergency Responce, Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu.
Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu for Oxfam, 2015
Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu for ChildFund Australia, 2015
Earthquake in Nepal for UN Women, 2015
"Illegal logging in Papua New Guinea" for Oxfam Australia
"Illegal logging in Papua New Guinea" for Oxfam Australia
Violence against women in children in Papua New Guinea for ChildFund Australia
Emergency mock drill exercisers in PNG for UNICEF
Forced evictions in Papua New Guinea for the United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR)
Forced evictions in Papua New Guinea for the United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR)
Forced evictions in Papua New Guinea for the United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR)
Sorcery related violence in Papua New Guinea for the UN Women
Police brutality in Papua New Guinea for the United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR), 2012
Children education in Bougainville Island for World Vision Papua New Guinea
I AM PROUD OF WHO I AM: Sexuality, Gender Identity and the Law in Papua New Guinea
Produced for UNAIDS in 2014